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1426) Declining Biodiversity Threatens Food Security
Globally, biodiversity for food and agriculture is in decline. This poses a serious risk to global food security and makes agriculture less resilient to climate change, pests and diseases. We need more sustainable food production systems to better conserve and sustainably use biodiversity. New challenges...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1427) Seed Diversity, Farmers’ Rights, and the Politics of Re-peasantization
Over the last decade, the practice of using and exchanging locally adapted seeds has become a focal site of grass-roots organizing in the rural areas of Europe, spear-headed by the mobilization of seed networks in different countries and regions. Countering the restrictive scope of existing seed regulations,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
1428) GRIN-U
Conserving the world’s plant genetic resources (PGR) is critical for ensuring global food security. Sustaining the network of genebanks that conserve PGR requires knowledgeable staff with skills in acquiring, maintaining, regenerating, evaluating, documenting, and distributing PGR accessions (Byrne...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1429) Plant genetic resources and food security in West and Central Africa
The Regional Conference on Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security in West and Central Africa was held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria from 26 to 30 April 2004. Ninety-five scientists and agricultural research managers from 13 countries and 18 institutions...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa; Global
Publication year: 2007
1430) Seeds of Discovery: Exploring native maize for food security
As climate change increases the formation and spread of crop pests and diseases, Seeds of Discovery, a initiative from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), is exploring native varieties of maize for the qualities and traits that can be used as building blocks for stronger and...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2017