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1241) Perception of farmers and agricultural experts for farmers’ saved seed: The case of East Showa, Ethiopia
There is limited information on the perception of the performance of farmers’ saved seed (FSS) despite enormous effort to address the farmers with improved and quality seed. The paper therefore presents perception of farmers, researchers, agricultural experts on the performance of farmers’ saved...
Subject: Farming Systems; Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
1242) America's seed bank: Our food supply's last line of defense
To protect our food supply against disease and drought, seed bank stores billions of seeds and samples for every crop and animal important to agriculture. This video presents an example of genebank: the Fort Collins facility in Colorado, United States.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2015
1243) New Approaches to Supporting the Agricultural Biodiversity Important for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods
This article argues that new approaches to agricultural development research are needed to conserve agricultural diversity, improve crops, and produce food of quality for all. Such an approach should enable small farmers on marginal lands to participate as equal partners alongside agricultural scientists,...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2004
1244) Navdanya Community Seed Banks
Till date Navdanya has set up 150 community seed banks in 22 states of India in the last 30 years. Many seed banks are now running independent of Navdanya's support. Navdanya has also trained and created awareness amongst about 750,000 farmers in seed sovereignty, food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
1245) Cryopreservation of Agronomic Plant Germplasm Using Vitrification-Based Methods: An Overview of Selected Case Studies
Numerous environmental and endogenous factors affect the level of genetic diversity in natural populations. Genetic variability is the cornerstone of evolution and adaptation of species. However, currently, more and more plant species and local varieties (landraces) are on the brink of extinction due...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021