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1376) Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity
Global biodiversity hotspots are areas containing high levels of species richness, endemism and threat. Similarly, regions of agriculturally relevant diversity have been identified where many domesticated plants and animals originated, and co-occurred with their wild ancestors and relatives. The agro-biodiversity...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1377) Seed security in the wake of the Corona crisis: The role of emergency aid and development cooperation
The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a serious threat to humanity – not only because of the escalating death tolls expected particularly in developing countries, but also due to the implications of the restrictions imposed for fighting the spread of the virus. This policy brief looks into the effects...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1378) Enhancing the capacity of local communities to access crop genetic diversity for climate change adaptation
Farming communities in Benin are being challenged by shifting, unpredictable rainy seasons, higher temperatures, and longer droughts. In recent years, the two previously distinct maize planting seasons have merged into just one in many locations. Climate changes are also contributing to increased pest...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
1379) Crop Wild Relative Population – Management Guidelines
Technical Report – The aim of this work is to provide protected area managers, conservation practitioners, farmers, policy developers and any other professionals or volunteersresponsible for the conservation of crop wild relatives (CWR) populations, somepractical guidelines on how to manage the target...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1380) Networking agrobiodiversity management to foster biodiversity-based agriculture
Biodiversity-based agriculture is the main form of agriculture practiced by smallholder farmers, who produce half the world’s food, especially in the Global South. This form of agriculture relies on planned biodiversity intentionally managed by farmers and on the associated biodiversity that spontaneously...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021