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1441) Seeds in emergencies: A technical handbook
This publication is a step towards improving the quality and effectiveness of seed provided in emergency operations. An understanding of the major technical aspects of seed and related aspects is necessary for planning and conducting seed security assessments, as well as for providing quality seed to...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2010
1442) A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture
Small farms play a crucial role in conserving the agricultural biodiversity that underpins longterm food security worldwide. Particularly in centers of crop genetic diversity – such as Mesoamerica in the case of maize (corn) and the Andean region in the case of potatoes – small farmers are the ‘keystone...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2004
1443) Farmers' Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Seed Systems
Webinar – As one of the series of The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) webinars, GFAR Secretariat is bringing together several presenters to engage the agri-food research and innovation community around the topic of Farmers’ Rights, and especially how to achieve the complementarity between...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1444) Global strategy for the ex situ conservation of temperate forages.
This report aims to provide a framework for the efficient and effective ex situ conservation of globally important collections of temperate forages.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1445) Participatory Seed Exchange (PSE): A Community based Mechanism for Promoting Access to Diverse Seeds
Participatory Seed Exchange (PSE) is a low-cost, simple and effective community-based mechanism for improving farmers' access to locally adapted seeds and planting materials which promotes farmer-led on-farm conservation and utilization of the agrobiodiversity by exchanging available Agricultural Plant...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020