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1166) BSF project "Strategic Partnership with Farmer Innovators for Adaptation & Management of Plant Genetic Resources to Climate Change"
" Strategic Partnership with Farmer Innovators for Adaptation & Management of Plant Genetic Resources to Climate Change" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
1167) Prioritising in situ conservation of crop resources: A case study of African cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
Conserving crop wild relatives (CWR) is critical for maintaining food security. However, CWR-focused conservation plans are lacking, and are often based on the entire genus, even though only a few taxa are useful for crop improvement. This study used taxonomic and geographic prioritisation to identify...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
1168) Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – Project highlights
This brief presents highlights of the project "Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture", which was coordinated by Bioversity International, under the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Treaty...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global; Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia
Publication year: 2019
1169) The Value of Native Plants and Local Production in an Era of Global Agriculture
For addressing potential food shortages, a fundamental tradeoff exists between investing more resources to increasing productivity of existing crops, as opposed to increasing crop diversity by incorporating more species. Authors explore ways to use local plants as food resources and the potential to...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global; North America
Publication year: 2017
1170) Participatory Tomato Breeding for Organic Conditions in Italy
Participatory plant breeding (PPB) has been proposed as a breeding methodology to increase/optimize the development and adoption of several new varieties each one different and each adapted to individual microclimates. Tomato is an important horticultural crop in Europe, and in particular in Italy, and...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2015