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1046) BSF project "In vitro culture and genomics-assisted fast track improvement of local landraces of wheat and barley in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria for enhancing food security and adaptation to climate change"
Bread wheat, durum wheat and barley are the major staple food crops in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. Due to the increasing occurrence of pests and diseases, drought, salinity, high temperatures and other effects of climate change, yields are ever lower, compromising food security and leading to an increasing...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1047) GRIN-U Online learning for plant genetic resources conservation and use
Sustaining the network of genebanks that conserve PGR requires knowledgeable staff with skills in acquiring, maintaining, regenerating, evaluating, documenting, and distributing PGR accessions (Byrne et al., 2018). This site, dubbed GRIN-U, is aimed at helping genebank staff gain and enhance their skills...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1048) Voluntary benefit-sharing activities of the European seed industry
This web page provides access to case studies of voluntary benefit-sharing activities involving the European seed industry.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1049) Strengthening Informal Seed Systems To Enhance Food Security in Southeast Asia
This article examines activities undertaken by a collaboration of researchers and local institutions to enhance food security within informal seed systems in Thai and Cambodian rural communities. They employed a two-step model for strengthening food security using a range of participatory activities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2013
1050) Survey of access and benefit-sharing country measures accommodating the distinctive features of genetic resources for food and agriculture and associated traditional knowledge
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, at its Seventeenth Regular Session, requested its Secretary to prepare for review by the intergovernmental technical working groups on animal, aquatic, forest and plant genetic resources to produce an up-to-date survey of existing legislative,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021