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
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
The Strategic Action Plan to Strengthen the Conservation and Use of Mesoamerican Plant Genetic Resources in Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change (SAPM) is a ten-year road map to strengthen conservation, access and use of plant genetic resources in Mesoamerica, as a strategic element for food se...
Ramírez, M.
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Galluzzi, G.
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Zonneveld, Maarten van
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Thomas, E.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Pinzón, S.
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Beltrán, M.
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Alcázar, C.
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Libreros, D.
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Vay, L.
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Solano, W.
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Williams, D.
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Maselli, S.
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Quirós, W.
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Alonzo, S.
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Remple, N.
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Bioversity International
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[Strategic action plan to strengthen conservation and use of Mesoamerican plant genetic resources in adapting agriculture to climate change SAPM 2014-2024]
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Strategic action plan to strengthen conservation and use of Mesoamerican plant genetic resources in adapting agriculture to climate change SAPM 2014-2024
The leaflet provides a summary of the major results achieved in Mauritius within the project: In Situ Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region (2014 - 2016), during which a national strategic action plan for in ...
Bioversity International
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University of Birmingham
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University of Mauritius
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[National strategic plan for the conservation and use of priority crop wild relatives in Republic of Mauritius]
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National strategic plan for the conservation and use of priority crop wild relatives in Republic of Mauritius
This CCAFS Working Paper presents a participatory methodology that has been designed to provide
organizations with the tools to understand the interrelations between climate impacts, food systems and
livelihood strategies at the local level, while taking into consideration traditional /indigenous...
Bioversity International
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Ulrichs, Martina
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Cannon, Terry
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Institute of Development Studies
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Newsham, Andrew
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Marshall, Mipsie
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[Climate Change & Food Security Vulnerability Assessment. Toolkit for assessing community-level potential for adaptation to climate change]
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Climate Change & Food Security Vulnerability Assessment. Toolkit for assessing community-level potential for adaptation to climate change
Road map for policy instruments to be developed for mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in Benin and Madagascar Madagascar and Benin have both ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Plant Treaty) and th...
Bioversity International
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[Road map for policy instruments to be developed for mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in Benin and Madagascar]
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Road map for policy instruments to be developed for mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in Benin and Madagascar
This document is an abbreviated version of the Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Cacao Genetic Resources, developed by the Global Network for Cacao Genetic Resources (CacaoNet). The strategy is the result of a consultation process that drew upon the global cocoa community’s expertis...
Lberté, B.
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CacaoNet
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Bioversity International
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[A global strategy for the conservation and use of cacao genetic resources, as the foundation for a sustainable cocoa economy [Summary booklet]]
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A global strategy for the conservation and use of cacao genetic resources, as the foundation for a sustainable cocoa economy [Summary booklet]
This Final Report summarizes the outcomes of the Closing Workshop of the CFC/ICCO/Bioversity project on “Cocoa Productivity and Quality Improvement: a Participatory Approach”, convened at the end of May 2010 in Accra, Ghana. The workshop formally marked the conclusion of the project that was laun...
Eskes, A.B.
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CFC
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International Cocoa Organization
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Bioversity International
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[Collaborative and participatory approaches to cocoa variety improvement: Final report of the CFC/ICCO/Bioversity project on “Cocoa Productivity and quality improvement: a Participatory Approach” (2004-2010)]
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Collaborative and participatory approaches to cocoa variety improvement: Final report of the CFC/ICCO/Bioversity project on “Cocoa Productivity and quality improvement: a Participatory Approach” (2004-2010)
The second meeting of the Cereals Network took place on 21-24 April 2008 in Foça, Izmir, Turkey. The meeting, organized with the support of the Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Menemen, gathered 61 members from 33 countries and a total of 80 participants. The three Cereals Working G...
Maggioni, L.
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Katsiotis, A.
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Knüpffer, H.
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Kleijer, G.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of a cereals network: Second meeting, 21-24 April 2008, Foça, Turkey]
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Report of a cereals network: Second meeting, 21-24 April 2008, Foça, Turkey
This study examines a number of issues related to Malaysia’s implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing created by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The paper suggests a three-stage approach to addressing these issues. First...
Nijar, Gurdial Singh
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Bioversity International
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Malaysian Agricultural Research Development Institute
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[Malaysia's implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing]
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Malaysia's implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing