Global Information System

Number of records: 1666

1641) WIRFP Participatory Plant Breeding: Concepts and examples

This paper summarizes the results of collaborative research in participatory plant breeding (PPB) in western India, with a case study on PPB in maize.

Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2006

1642) BSF project "Sustainable use of the agro-biodiversity of corn, beans and under-utilized species in indigenous communities of Central America: A strategy for food security and climate adaptation"

Central America is the center of origin of several crops and boasts high levels of agrobiodiversity. However, the area has experienced detrimental effects of climate change such as prolonged droughts, heavy rains and an increase in the presence of pests and diseases, directly impacting small producers,...

Subject: Farming Systems

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: N/A

1643) Swiss National Information System for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

This database describes the plant genetic resources preserved as a part of the national PGRFA gene bank of Switzerland. The National information system PGRFA serves as an information pool for conservers and users of plant genetic resources, for breeders of new varieties, for producers and direct marketers,...

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Europe

Publication year: N/A

1644) Genebank Resilience Tested as Pandemic Enters Second Year

CGIAR genebanks manage the largest and most widely used collections of crop diversity in the world. Together, these 11 genebanks conserve more than 700,000 different samples of cereals, grain legumes, forages, roots, tubers and even bananas and trees. The lockdown measures over the past year have had...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2021

1645) Seed Legislation and agrobiodiversity: conservation varieties

European seed policies and legislation have contributed to fostering a system in which fewer varieties are traded in ever bigger markets in accordance with the law of economy of scale. Informal seed systems have been marginalised and perceived as outdated in a scenario in which the agricultural system...