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1276) People pollinating partnerships: harnessing collaborations between botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations on crop diversity
The world's botanic gardens are repositories of plant diversity but are seldom considered to be major contributors to conservation and research of crops. Thus, botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations have had somewhat limited interactions historically. An unprecedented three-year collaboration...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020
1277) Good seed for quality produce: indigenous vegetables boost farmer incomes and livehoods in Tanzania
African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) have the potential to increase food and nutritional security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical know-how. The Good Seed Initiative (GSI),...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2016
1278) Collecting and regenerating populations of the Allium ampeloprasum complex from Greece: Ex situ management of leek crop wild relatives
Collecting expeditions are of prime importance to acquire genetically unique material, as for many crops and their wild relatives, large gaps are present in collections worldwide. This is also true for the three species of the Allium ampeloprasum complex, native to Greece, which are considered as the...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
1279) A Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants
Crop wild relatives are valuable genetic resources used by plant breeders to increase pest and disease resistance, stress tolerance, nutritional profile, and other traits critical to productivity, quality, and sustainability. Wild utilized plants provide food and a variety of other ecosystem and cultural...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2019
1280) Using Agricultural Innovation to Protect Biodiversity
Briefing which discussed how sustainable food production can be leveraged to tackle biodiversity loss, climate change, and land degradation including desertification.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2024