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
Key messages: Network analysis provides a mechanism to both understand how information and communication structures vary across sites, and to identify opportunities for intervening in ways that may improve communication flows. Farmer-expert network structures differ between Lushoto and Rakai. Fa...
Jha, Yamini
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Welch, Eric
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Ogwal-Omara, Richard
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Halewood, Michael
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[How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)]
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How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
This is a collection of 14 papers addressing a range of issues that are important to consider as India develops its strategy for implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), and its multilateral system of access and benefit sharing in partic...
Halewood, Michael
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Brahmi, P.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Bansal, Kailash C.
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[A road map for implementing the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in India]
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A road map for implementing the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in India
Estimates suggest that globally 80% of the seeds on which smallholder farmers in developing countries depend are produced by the farmers themselves or obtained through informal channels. This high level of farmer seed autonomy masks the fact that almost everywhere local seed systems and the diver...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, I.
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Galluzzi, Gea
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[New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources]
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New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources
This brief highlights efforts in East Africa and in Asia, Pacific and Oceania (APO), supported by two internationally funded projects, to develop user-friendly tools and methods to identify germplasm of populations/varieties/species that are adapted to the changing climates of areas where farmers...
Halewood, Michael
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Mathur, P.N.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Otieno, G.
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[Using crop diversity to adapt to climate change: highlighting the importance of the Plant Treaty's policy support]
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Using crop diversity to adapt to climate change: highlighting the importance of the Plant Treaty's policy support
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Commission), at its Tenth Regular Session, recommended that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Commission contribute to further work on access and benefit-sharing, in order to ensure that it m...
Fujisaka, S.
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Williams, D.
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Halewood, Michael
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[The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture]
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The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture
Recent decades have witnessed an ever-increasing range and volume of digital data. All elements of the pillars of science--whether observation, experiment, or theory and modeling--are being transformed by the continuous cycle of generation, dissemination, and use of factual information. This is e...
This technical study focuses on the role of micro-organism genetic resources for agriculture and the influence of a changing climate. Agriculture is defined as crop-based food production for yield and quality. It excludes micro-organism genetic resources associated with livestock, fish and non-fo...
Beed, Fen D.
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Benedetti, A.
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Cardinali, G.
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Chakraborty, S.
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Dubois, T.
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Garrett, K.A.
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Halewood, Michael
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[Climate change and micro-organism genetic resources for food and agriculture: state of knowledge, risks and opportunities]
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Climate change and micro-organism genetic resources for food and agriculture: state of knowledge, risks and opportunities
This document contains a question received by the Committee from one of its members during its third meeting in June 2012 and, at the invitation of the Commiittee, re-submitted in writing to the Secretariat. The document also provides some elements of analysis to facilitate the Committee’s apprai...
Halewood, Michael
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[Collection, conservation and distribution through the SMTA of samples of plant varieties protected by plant breeder's rights]
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Collection, conservation and distribution through the SMTA of samples of plant varieties protected by plant breeder's rights
To guide climate adaptation policies and investments, the majority of least developed
countries (LDCs) have developed National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).
Agricultural biodiversity is an important, but often overlooked, element in climate adaptation;
new crop varieties, cropping and ...
Bedmar Villanueva, A.
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, Isabel
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[Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning: An analysis of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action]
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Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning: An analysis of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action