There is growing recognition that sustainable intensification of agricultural production systems and their successful adaptation to changes in climate will depend upon the improved access to, and use of, genetic diversity. This paper analyzes how the collection, use and distribution of plant gene...
López Noriega, Isabel
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Halewood, Michael
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Galluzzi, Gea
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Bertacchini, E.
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Gauchan, D.
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Welch, E.
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[How policies affect the use of plant genetic resources: the experience of the CGIAR]
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How policies affect the use of plant genetic resources: the experience of the CGIAR
Elinor Ostrom's work has been the principal inspiration for a number of research and development initiatives in Mongolia aimed at designing, testing and assessing viable forms of natural resources co-management that build on traditional nomadic practices. One such initiative, begun in 1999, intro...
Ykhanbai, H.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[From theory to practice: a decade of co-management of pasture and other natural resources in Mongolia]
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From theory to practice: a decade of co-management of pasture and other natural resources in Mongolia
In South Africa, as elsewhere, the community systems that have maintained agrobiodiversity are increasingly coming under pressure from factors such as drought, crop failure and difficult storage conditions. As a result, the quantity of seed and number of plant varieties available to farmers for p...
Tjikana T.T.
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Malueke, N.
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Mokoena, M.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement]
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Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement
Access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources is a crucial but very complex, political and legalistic matter. Does the formal system work for family farmers? It poses many challenges. At the same time, farmers around the world are leading successful initiatives for access and benefit shar...
Pistorius, R.
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Bruil, J.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers]
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Access and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Making it work for family farmers
Since 2012, national teams in eight countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have been identifying options for policy, legal and administrative mechanisms for the implementation of the multilateral system of access and benefit sharing (MLS) for plant genetic resources. This article summarises ...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Otieno, G.
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Lapena, I.
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Vodohue, R.
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Bessette, G.
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[Implementing access and benefit sharing in eight countries]
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Implementing access and benefit sharing in eight countries
This special issue of Farming Matters magazine has explored the ways in which access and benefit sharing of plant genetic resources can work for family farmers. On one hand it presents cases that demonstrate the limited extent to which family farmers have been able to benefit from the ‘formal’ AB...
Pistorius, R.
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Bruil, J.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Learning from farmer-led access and benefit sharing. Conclusions.]
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Learning from farmer-led access and benefit sharing. Conclusions.