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1286) Webinar: The FAO Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
This webinar, co-organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, introduced the Framework for Action on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture approved by the FAO Council in December of last year. The webinar provided...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2022
1287) Facilitators' Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding. Module : Diagnostic Stage
The breeding objectives and activities of a Farmer Field School (FFS) season are based on the ‘diagnostic stage’, in which farmers perform a collective diagnosis of their situation and the problems and challenges they encounter in growing their crops and varieties.
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1288) Promoting Conservation Agriculture in Timor-Leste
Further promotion of CA is a key strategy for future development of the agriculture sector in our country. Conservation Agriculture aims to increase crop yields while reducing production costs (e.g. labour and inputs), improving and maintaining soil fertility (e.g. plant nutrients, organic matter, micro-organisms...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
1289) Participatory Plant Breeding Methods for Organic Cereals
This paper looks at the role of participatory plant breeding (PPB) in organic agriculture and presents a case study of PPB in durum wheat.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2005
1290) Options for encouraging, guiding and promoting the realization of Farmers’ Rights as set out in Article 9 of the International Treaty
Farmers feed the world, by producing the food on which we all depend. Since farmers are the developers and custodians of crop diversity in the field, their rights in this regard are critical to maintain their pivotal role in providing food security and nutrition – never more so than in the current...
Subject: Crop diversity; Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023