The Thirteenth Meeting of the ECPGR Steering Committee took place 4-7 December 2012 in Vienna, Austria, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. This meeting had the ambitious objective of making important decisions for the transition of ECPGR fro...
Bioversity International
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of the Steering Committee: Thirteenth meeting, 4-7 December 2012, Vienna, Austria]
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Report of the Steering Committee: Thirteenth meeting, 4-7 December 2012, Vienna, Austria
The main objective of the Steering Committee meeting was to review the progress made since the establishment of the Programme in November 1994 and to outline future activities. EUFORGEN was developed as the implementation mechanism of Strasbourg Resolution S2 (Conservation of forest genetic resou...
Turok, J.
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Geburek, Th.
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European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
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[International collaboration on forest genetic resources: the role of Europe: Second EUFORGEN Steering Committee meeting, 26-29 November 1998, Vienna, Austria]
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International collaboration on forest genetic resources: the role of Europe: Second EUFORGEN Steering Committee meeting, 26-29 November 1998, Vienna, Austria
This status report describes the existing techniques for in vitro conservation of plant cells, tissues and organs, their current state of the art, present application and existing problems, identifies priority areas for collaborative research, technology development and transfer and proposes a pl...
Ashmore, S.E.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Status report on the development and application of in vitro techniques for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources]
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Status report on the development and application of in vitro techniques for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources
Nnadozie, K.
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Kiambi, D.
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Kameri-Mbote, P.
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Atta-Krah, Kwesi
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Mugabe, J.
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[Plant genetic resources in Africa's renewal: policy, legal and programmatic issues under the New Partnership for Africa's Development: Background paper to the African roundtable held on 2-3 April 2002, Nairobi, Kenya]
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Plant genetic resources in Africa's renewal: policy, legal and programmatic issues under the New Partnership for Africa's Development: Background paper to the African roundtable held on 2-3 April 2002, Nairobi, Kenya
FAO and IBPGR have been cooperating since the early 1970s to strengthen national capabilities in ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources. In 1991, the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources considered it ”essential that appropriate standards be developed for genebanks operating within the ...
Mul, Marloes L.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
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[Paysage scientifique, politique et financier de l’Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC) en Afrique de l’Ouest : le secteur des ressources en eau. In French]
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Paysage scientifique, politique et financier de l’Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat (AIC) en Afrique de l’Ouest : le secteur des ressources en eau. In French
Secure land rights are a critical, but often overlooked, factor in achieving household food security and improved nutritional status in rural areas of developing countries. This study evaluates the impact of India’s land-allocation and registration program in West Bengal, a program that targets p...
Santos, F.
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Fletschner, D.
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Savath, V.
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Peterman, A.
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[Can government-allocated land contribute to food security? Intrahousehold analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot allocation program]
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Can government-allocated land contribute to food security? Intrahousehold analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot allocation program
Assesses the effect (balance or imbalance) of the present relationships between the natural resource base and human activities; examines the role of some potentially destabilising forces, i.e, international markets, government programmes and socio-economic stratification; and reviews government's...
Arntzen, J.W.
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[Natural resources and rural agriculture: In balance or imbalance? The example of Botswana's rangelands]
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Natural resources and rural agriculture: In balance or imbalance? The example of Botswana's rangelands
This review has been undertaken in the context of preparation of a concept note for the Kenya dairy NAMA. Biogas promotion is one of the project components. Mitigation actions should aim to achieve greater, more effective, sustainable, and equitable climate change results, outcomes and impacts; e...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Dijk, Suzanne van
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[Gender Issues in Biogas Promotion and Use in Kenya: A preliminary review]
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Gender Issues in Biogas Promotion and Use in Kenya: A preliminary review
Greenhouse gas emissions from rice production have been identified as a key mitigation focus for Vietnam to meet its Nationally Determined Contributions committed to the Paris Agreement. Shifting to a production landscape that adopts Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), which refer to the practice...
Tran, Dai Nghia
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Le, Huy Huan
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[Vehicles for scaling out mitigation options in rice production in Vietnam: Cooperative and contract farming systems for water management]
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Vehicles for scaling out mitigation options in rice production in Vietnam: Cooperative and contract farming systems for water management