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1016) BSF project "Promoting Open Source Seed Systems for beans, forage legumes, millet and sorghum for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda"
Resource-poor farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania face a number of challenges including loss of agro-biodiversity due to climate change. Limited access to information on seeds, and low diversity of available germplasm make it difficult to diversify production and mitigate the effects of unpredictable...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1017) Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs: challenges, interdisciplinary research gaps and empowering methodologies
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems have a critical role to play in addressing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but face many challenges and have so far received little attention from researchers and policymakers. This virtual workshop, consisting of four webinars held in October 2020, brought...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1018) Evaluation of the Benefit-sharing Fund second project cycle International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – Executive summary
Executive summary – This report outlines the main findings, conclusions and recommendations of the independent evaluation of the second project cycle of the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF II) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). The evaluation focused...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1019) Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Genetic Resources.
This document, developed with the input of many experts, aims to provide a framework for the efficient conservation and effective use of globally important collections of pea genetic resources.
Subject: Crop diversity; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Plant breeding techniques and approaches; Seed system; Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1020) Private Contracting versus Community Seed Production Systems: Experiences from Farmer-Led Seed Entreprise Development of African Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania
Drawing on experiences in Tanzania with amaranth, African nightshade, and African eggplant, this paper provides a preliminary assessment of the viability of seed production under two farmer-led seed enterprise models, namely, contract seed production with seed companies, and the community-led Quality...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2013