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1201) "COMING TOGETHER” (Batanai): Learning from Zimbabwe’s experiences with community biodiversity conservation, participatory crop improvement and climate change adaptation
This brief presents the findings and lessons learned of a study tour by a team from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa to neighbouring Zimbabwe, to learn about the roles of Farmer Field Schools, functions and operations of community seedbanks and various forms of participatory...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
1202) Diversity and Conservation Priorities of Crop Wild Relatives in Mexico
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable resources for crop breeding due to their close genetic relationship to the cultivated plants and their wide genetic variation, allowing the introgression of desirable traits into the crops, such as resistance to plant pests and diseases or adaptability to climate...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2019
1203) BSF project "An Integrated Approach to Identify and Characterize Climate Resilient Wheat for the West Asia and North Africa Region"
The countries of West Asia and North Africa (WANA) face challenging issues of water scarcity, drought, land degradation and desertification, threatening agricultural productivity. Climate change is exacerbating the situation, and the region and its growing population now depend heavily on food imports....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa; Near East
Publication year: N/A
1204) A manifesto to ensure a voice for farmers in Uganda
This good practice fact sheet describes an initiative to canvas the views and demands of Uganda’s smallholder farmers on measures required to boost the country’s agricultural performance as a driver of both the national economy and for raising incomes among agricultural value chain players. The creation...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1205) Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of cropping systems in the developing world to climate change
Plant breeding is a key mechanism for adaptation of cropping systems to climate change. Much discussion of breeding for climate change focuses on genes with large effects on heat and drought tolerance, but phenology and stress tolerance are highly polygenic. Adaptation will therefore mainly result from...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017