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1206) Multilevel Agrobiodiversity and Conservation of Andean Potatoes in Central Peru
Botanical species and morphological and genetic diversity represent different yet linked units of conservation. These features, and their spatial distribution in the central Peruvian Andean highlands of Huancavelica, were used as a basis for characterizing and quantifying potato agrobiodiversity at different...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2010
1207) Seed Alert Ethiopia
Seed Alerts identify current challenges and urgent action in the Ethiopian seed sector, based on surveys and focus group discussions with various stakeholders. The report highlights four challenges, their impacts, actions required, stakeholders involved, and identifies the organization to take the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1208) Strengthening Seed Systems and Farmers' Rights for Improving Food & Nutrition Security in South Asia
Access to improved seeds to the smallholder farmers in the rural areas is intertwining and enduring challenge in the developing economies. Lack of access to improved quality seeds makes the agriculture system less productive and competitive making the rural people more vulnerable, marginalized, and food...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
1209) Over 30,000 Seed Samples from Seven Genebanks Secured in Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the year’s second deposit is the largest since the major deposit in February 2020, which celebrated construction upgrades to the Seed Vault. This time, 85 boxes containing 30,410 seed samples were sent for security conservation at Svalbard. Seven genebanks from five continents...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
1210) CWRML: Representing Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use Data in XML
Crop wild relatives are wild species that are closely related to crops. They are valuable as potential gene donors for crop improvement and may help to ensure food security for the future. However, they are becoming increasingly threatened in the wild and are inadequately conserved, both in situ and...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2008