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926) Crop wild relatives of the United States require urgent conservation action
This study provides conservation assessments for 600 US native plants that are wild relatives of important agricultural crops. The authors found that more than one-half of the species may be endangered in their natural habitats, and that the great majority require further conservation action, both ex...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020
927) How To Do Note (HTDN): Supporting Smallholder Seed Systems
The challenges of ensuring access of farmers to quality seed of appropriate and adapted varieties, whether through the formal seed system or the farmer-based informal seed system, has been a recurrent issue in the quality enhancement and quality assurance review stages of IFAD investment projects. The...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
928) BSF project "Participatory and science-based Strategic Action Plan to strengthen the conservation of plant genetic resources"
" Participatory and science-based Strategic Action Plan to strengthen the conservation of plant genetic resources" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). This project has been designed as a roadmap for strengthening...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A
929) On-farm assessment of landrace of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) under organic conditions in Hungary
Landraces are an important cultural and economical heritage of agriculture. They have a low but stable yield and a great deal of adaptation against biotic and abiotic factors. This study tests these varieties in organic farming, to see if there is a possibility for professional growing and market. The...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2015
930) Lessons Learned Supporting Smallholder Seed Systems
Facilitating farmers’ access to quality seeds of improved varieties is often viewed as a strategy to better the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Unfortunately, the complexity of national seed systems, of including farmers’ seed needs and linking farmers to the other elements of increased productivity...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global; Asia; Africa; Near East
Publication year: 2018