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1256) Webinar - Transforming seed marketing: Lessons from Ethiopia
This webinar reveals how evidence-based policy options enabled a transformation of seed marketing in Ethiopia. Initially, seed marketing relied on a conventional system in which seed passed from seed producers to regional Bureaus of Agriculture to woreda Agricultural Offices to Development Agents, cooperative...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1257) A Training Manual for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Convention on Biological Diversity - Module 1
The training manual has been prepared in response to the requests in decisions X/40, XII/12 and XIII/23 of...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1258) Implementing access and benefit sharing in eight countries
Since 2012, national teams in eight countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have been identifying options for policy, legal and administrative mechanisms for the implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing (MLS) for plant genetic resources. This article summarises if and...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia; Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2016
1259) In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
The efficient conservation and judicious use of plant genetic resources and related traditional knowledge is vital for food, health, and nutritional security. These resources could support acclimatization of primary food crops to climate change impacts. To prevent their genetic erosion, a well-devised...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
1260) Local Markets: Agrobiodiversity Reservoirs and Access Points for Farmers' Plant Propagation Materials
Local markets are access points to local agrobiodiversity and to part of the informal seed systems on which most small-scale farmers worldwide depend. With the urgent need for more sustainable food systems, detailed studies of the food plant diversity in local markets contribute to a better understanding...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021