It is 30 years since IPGRI came into being, as the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, under the protective wing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. For all that time, regardless of the focus of its work, IPGRI has taken it as axiomatic that agricultural b...
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are a precious heritage of the people of West and Central Africa. The region is endowed with diversified agroecosystems in which crop diversity plays an integral role by contributing to the provision of food and ecosystem services. There is a growi...
Halewood, Michael
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Baidu-Forson, J.J.
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Clancy, E.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Bioversity International
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Conseil ouest et centre africain pour la recherche et le développement agricoles
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[Cooperating to make the best use of plant genetic resources in West and Central Africa: a regional imperative]
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Cooperating to make the best use of plant genetic resources in West and Central Africa: a regional imperative
This is the report of a participatory, learning-by-doing process, in which biophysical and social scientists engaged in Cameroon (July 2013), to strengthen their skills in gender-responsive participatory research. During the week-long workshop organized by Bioversity International’s Forest Geneti...
Basilio, C.
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Fernández, M.E.
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Bioversity International
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International Support Group
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[Management and use of forest landscapes: Unpacking gendered knowledge and skills using participatory methods in forest genetic resources research, 8 - 12 July 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Workshop Report]
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Management and use of forest landscapes: Unpacking gendered knowledge and skills using participatory methods in forest genetic resources research, 8 - 12 July 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroon - Workshop Report
Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Second Meeting, 16–18 December 2004, Strumica, Macedonia FYR Third meeting, 26–28 June 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Second Meeting, 16–18 December 2004, Strumica, Macedonia FYR Third meeting, 26–28 June 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Partiendo de las lecciones aprendidas en Tercer Congreso Internacional sobre Especies Olvidadas y Subutilizadas: por un África con Seguridad Alimentaria, realizado en Ghana, en septiembre de 2013, esta síntesis de orientación política destaca los roles clave que cumplen las NUS en enfrentar cinco...
Rudebjer, P.G.
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Meldrum, G.
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Padulosi, S.
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Hall, R.
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Hermanowicz, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Haciendo realidad la promesa de las especies olvidadas y subutilizadas (NUS): Policy brief]
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Haciendo realidad la promesa de las especies olvidadas y subutilizadas (NUS): Policy brief
Technical guidelines are targeted to practical forest managers and provide summarized information on the biology and ecology of tree species, distribution ranges, importance and use, genetic knowledge, threats to genetic diversity and recommendations for long-term genetic conservation. For the fu...
Technical guidelines are targeted to practical forest managers and provide summarized information on the biology and ecology of tree species, distribution ranges, importance and use, genetic knowledge, threats to genetic diversity and recommendations for long-term genetic conservation. For the fu...
The seventh meeting of the ECPGR Barley Working Group (WG), organized in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) of Cyprus, was held from 10 to 12 May 2011 in Nicosia, bringing together 24 members, 3 observers and the ECPGR Coordinator. The meeting covered a wide range of top...
Knüpffer, H.
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Maggioni, L.
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Jalli, M.
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Kolodinska Brantestam, A.
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Fasoula, D.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Barley: Seventh meeting, 10-12 May 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus]
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Report of a Working Group on Barley: Seventh meeting, 10-12 May 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus
The second meeting of the ECPGR Umbellifer Crops Working Group (WG) was held 26-28 June 2013 at St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The meeting, organized in collaboration with the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, brought together 15 participants from 11 countries. Reports were ...
Maggioni, L.
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Geoffriau, E.
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Allender, C.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer crops: Second Meeting, 26–28 June 2013, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation]
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Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer crops: Second Meeting, 26–28 June 2013, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Central Asia is one of the most important centres of origin for temperate fruit species, and enjoys very rich specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees. Apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, grape, almond, pistachio, pomegranate, and fig are among the best known crops cultivated in the reg...
Lapeña, I.
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Turdieva, M.K.
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López Noriega, I.
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Ayad, W.G.
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Bioversity International
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[Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges]
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Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges