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" Participatory Conservation & Utilization of Rice Genetic Resources for Livelihood & Food Security in Bhutan" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). This project aims at improving food security for communities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
In this review paper, experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assess the state and trends of genetic resources and their management at global level. They note that there is a major challenge in monitoring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA)...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
Traditional knowledge and indigenous rights related to plants are sex-diverse everywhere, and gender inequities are evident in the present 21st century. This paper discusses how women dominate plant biodiversity management through their work as housewives, plant gatherers, home gardeners, herbalists,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
The goal of the Darwin SADC-CWR project is to help protect and enhance CWR in the region, and in doing so contribute to future crop improvement and help SADC countries meet their obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and the International...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
This Descriptor list consists of an initial minimum set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for Sclerocarya birrea. This strategic set aims at facilitating access to and utilization of this African indigenous fruit tree. It does not exclude the addition of other descriptors at a later date....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global; Africa
Publication year: 2021