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1391) Pluralistic Seed System Development: A Path to Seed Security?
Seed security is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries, but it remains understudied in relation to long-term seed sector development. This paper compares seed systems in two districts of Central Ethiopia characterized by subsistence-oriented teff cultivation and commercially...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1392) White Paper: Post COVID-19 Implications for Genetic Diversity and Genomics Research & Innovation: A Call for Governance and Research Capacity
At a time of significant technological change and digitization in the biological sciences, the COVID19 pandemic has highlighted again the inequities in the research and innovation ecosystem. Based on a consultation with an internationally diverse group of stakeholders from multiple fields and professions,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1393) Bottlenecks in the PGRFA use system: stakeholders’ perspectives
An essential component of efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change on crop production and food security is the production of new varieties of crops which can thrive in more extreme, changeable and uncertain environmental conditions. Humankind is therefore dependent on the continual availability...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1394) Seed Libraries
A seed library is a place where community members can get seeds for free or for a nominal fee and is run for the public benefit. Many seed libraries are open in public libraries and community centers. For some communities, getting folks to garden and grow some of their own food is the focus. For other...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: North America
Publication year: N/A
1395) CROPDIVA Project
CROPDIVA aim is to enhance European agrobiodiversity. The goal of this Horizon 2020 project is to put six underused arable crops back in the fields: oats, hull-less barley for human consumption, triticale, buckwheat, faba beans and lupins. Twenty seven European partners are joining forces to enhance...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A