This brief aims to create more awareness that no country is self-sufficient in plant genetic resources and that international exchanges have facilitated critical variety innovations in individual countries contributing significantly to agricultural productivity enhancement. The brief synthesizes ...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Clancy, E.
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[No country is self-sufficient when it comes to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: the cases of Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda]
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No country is self-sufficient when it comes to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: the cases of Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda
Los cultivos de gran diversidad como el maíz, fríjol y papa incluyen muchas variedades de alto valor público nacional y global, aunque solo algunas tienen sus valores reconocidos por los mercados. Esto afecta el estado de conservación de las variedades.
Una solución innovadora para este dilema de...
Drucker, A.G.
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Alonzo, S.
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Ramírez, M.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Bancos comunitarios de semillas y el uso de recompensas por servicios de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad: primeras experiencias de la Sierra de Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango, Guatemala]
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Bancos comunitarios de semillas y el uso de recompensas por servicios de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad: primeras experiencias de la Sierra de Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
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 presents highlights of the project "Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture", which was coordinated by Bioversity International, under the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Project highlights]
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Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Project highlights
Este resumen presenta los aspectos más destacados del proyecto "Fortalecimiento de las capacidades nacionales para implementar el Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura", el cual fue coordinado por Bioversity en el marco de la Organización de ...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Fortalecimiento de las capacidades nacionales para implementar el Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. Aspectos destacado del Proyecto]
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Fortalecimiento de las capacidades nacionales para implementar el Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. Aspectos destacado del Proyecto
Community seedbanks and emerging networks of community seedbanks contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Community seedbanks can secure improved access to and availability of diverse, locally adapted crops and varieties and enhance r...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Clancy, E.
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Diulgheroff, S.
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Furman, B
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González Santos, R.
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Kajtna, B.
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Marino, M.
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Mushita, A.
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Shrestha, P.
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Song, Y.
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Egon Sosinski, E.
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Subedi, A.
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Villacorta, J.
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[Joining forces to strengthen community seedbanks worldwide]
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Joining forces to strengthen community seedbanks worldwide
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