The System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) of the CGIAR coordinated the development of a background study paper entitled ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Countries Interdependence on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture’ for the Twelfth Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resou...
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: An executive summary]
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The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture: An executive summary
Jonge, B. de
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Halewood, Michael
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Mushita, A.
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Wafula, D.
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Mukuka, J.
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[Thematic Scoping Paper: Matching global commitments with national realities.]
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Thematic Scoping Paper: Matching global commitments with national realities.
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)
Beed, Fen D.
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Pocasangre, L.
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Halewood, Michael
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[Increased interdependence on AMiGR as a result of climate change]
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Increased interdependence on AMiGR as a result of climate change
The synthesis report is part of a series of papers on Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) in Africa’s thematic working group on Matching national realities with global commitments. The thematic working group addressed the main question on how African governments implement their global commi...
Halewood, Michael
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Otieno, G.
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Nkhoma, C.
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Kasasa, P.
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Mulumba, J.W.
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Gapusi, J.
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Jonge, B. de
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[Access and benefit-sharing policies for climate-resilient seed systems.]
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Access and benefit-sharing policies for climate-resilient seed systems.
This Information Note presents a summary of an analysis of the revised NBSAPs that were submitted by 119 countries to the CBD Secretariat prior to 20 November 2016. The study focused on how agrobiodiversity has been mainstreamed across sectors through the NBSAPs
Lapena, Isabel
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Halewood, Michael
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Hunter, Danny
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[Mainstreaming agricultural biological diversity across sectors through NBSAPs: Missing Links to Climate Change Adaptation, Dietary Diversity and the Plant
Treaty]
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Mainstreaming agricultural biological diversity across sectors through NBSAPs: Missing Links to Climate Change Adaptation, Dietary Diversity and the Plant
Treaty
In 2014, Bioversity International and the ABS Capacity Building Initiative led a series of interactions on the mutually supportive implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing to the ...
Halewood, Michael
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[Mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol A report on ‘The International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol : A tandem workshop for National Focal Points’, 3 - 9 June 2014, FAO, Rome, Italy]
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Mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol A report on ‘The International Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol : A tandem workshop for National Focal Points’, 3 - 9 June 2014, FAO, Rome, Italy
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.
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Halewood, Michael
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[Micro-organism genetic resources for food and agriculture and climate change]
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Micro-organism genetic resources for food and agriculture and climate change
Between 2012 and 2015, 150 researchers, research managers, gene bank managers, extension agents, university professors and staff of non-government organizations from Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe acquired new knowledge and s...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Otieno, G.
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Bessette, G.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Galluzzi, G.
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Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, I.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Mittra, S.
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Rudebjer, P.G.
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Steinke, J.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Zonneveld, Maarten van
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[A novel strategy to discover and use climate-adapted germplasm]
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A novel strategy to discover and use climate-adapted germplasm