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1076) Enhancing In-crop Diversity in Common Bean by Planting Cultivar Mixtures and Its Effect on Productivity
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume crop worldwide. Canadian beans, especially large seeded cultivars of Andean origin, have relatively narrow genetic diversities. Establishing crops with mixtures of cultivars instead of pure lines is a simple, cost-effective way to...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1077) Landrace conservation strategy for the United Kingdom
The extent of loss of crop genetic diversity associated with the loss of landraces is difficult to quantify accurately, but we do know that both worldwide and in Europe there has been a massive loss of named landrace varieties that is thought to equate to a significant loss of crop genetic diversity....
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
1078) Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production – Thematic Study for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
In this study, the roles of biodiversity in sustainable food production are considered, assessing how these roles can be measured, the current state of knowledge and opportunities for intervention. In the case of annual crops, required interventions include breeding and selecting crops for more positive...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1079) Towards better metrics and policymaking for seed system development: Insights from Asia's seed industry
Since the 1980s, many developing countries have introduced policies to promote seed industry growth and improve the delivery of modern science to farmers, often with a long-term goal of increasing agricultural productivity in smallholder farming systems. Public, private, and civil society actors involved...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2016
1080) The Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA)
The Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA) is a not-for-profit civil society organisation that struggles to re-empower indigenous peoples and local communities in Iran and beyond (including indigenous nomadic tribes and coastal and marine areas) by promoting and supporting appropriate...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Near East
Publication year: N/A