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Number of records: 1666

1386) Evaluation of FAO's contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Support to fair and informed commodity markets and international trade in agriculture

The 2030 Agenda acknowledges that transparent, undistorted and properly functioning food and agricultural markets are an essential element in the global effort to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture (Sustainable Development Goal 2 [SDG 2]). This...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2021

1387) Nordic Crop Wild Relatives

This website gives information about CWR in the 5 Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden. The CWRs growing in the Nordic region are, like other wild populations, adapted to the local climate and conditions. This means that the CWRs contain unique adaptations to the marginal conditions...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Europe

Publication year: N/A

1388) Biodiversity conservation and use of crop genetic resources, vectors of sustainable development in the Indian Ocean - GERMINATION II

The Germination project aims to use crop genetic resources (CGR) to increase agricultural production and food security, while protecting the environment. To achieve this, it focuses on the development of varieties or ecotypes that are more resistant to diseases and parasites, and suited to low-input...

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Africa; Asia

Publication year: 2021

1389) Rwanda – The Rubaya community gene bank

This document presents the Rubaya community gene bank, located in Rubaya sector of Gicumbi district in Northern Rwanda. Their main purpose is to store and preserve the region’s priority crops (maize, wheat, beans and Irish potatoes), but farmers are free to use the facilities to store and conserve...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2015

1390) Preserving Biodiversity in Marginal Rural Areas: Assessment of Morphological and Genetic Variability of a Sicilian Common Bean Germplasm Collection

The historical cultivation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) has resulted in the development of local populations/cultivars in restricted Italian rural areas. Many common bean landraces, still cultivated in small mountain areas from Sicily, have become outdated and endangered due to the commercial...