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1601) International Year of Plant Health – Final report. Protecting plants, protecting life
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) to raise global awareness on how protecting plants from pests and diseases can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. The IYPH final report presents...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1602) Enhancing resilience of farmer seed system to climate-induced stresses: Insights from a case study in West Nile region, Uganda
Given the challenges facing African agriculture resulting from climate-induced stresses, building resilience is a priority. Seed systems are important for enhancing such resilience as seed security has direct links to food security, and resilient livelihoods in general. Using data from a case study in...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2016
1603) The Good Cocoyam Seed Initiative
Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
1604) Regional Consultation of Asia and the Pacific on the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples & Peasants’ Rights to Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture
In this document, ‘farmers’ includes those who produce and/or use seeds in both industrial and cultural seed systems in line with Article 9 on Farmers’ Rights in the Seed Treaty. The custodians of cultural seed systems are referred to as ‘indigenous peoples and peasants’, and more broadly also...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1605) Plant breeding and climate changes
The climate changes that are occurring at present will have – and are already having – an adverse effect on food production and food quality with the poorest farmers and the poorest countries most at risk. The adverse effect is a consequence of the expected or probable increased frequency of some...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East; Africa
Publication year: 2010