Community Seed Banks in China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 The rich agrobiodiversity of China is under unprecedented threat, experiencing a dramatic loss of many valuable local varieties and wild relatives of main crops.
Xin Song +3 more
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SNP Markers and Evaluation of Duplicate Holdings of Brassica oleracea in Two European Genebanks
Plants, 2020 Around the world, there are more than 1500 genebanks storing plant genetic resources to be used in breeding and research. Such resources are essential for future food security, but many genebanks experience backlogs in their conservation work, often ...
Anna E. Palmé +4 more
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Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks [PDF]
Plants, 2020 The international collections of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) hosted by 11 CGIAR Centers are important components of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s global system of conservation and use of PGRFA. They also play an important supportive role in realizing Target 2.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals ...
Michael Halewood +17 more
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Optimization of the composition of crop collections for ex situ conservation [PDF]
, 2009 Many crop genetic resources collections have been established without a clearly defined conservation goal or mandate, which has resulted in collections of considerable size, unbalanced composition and high levels of duplication.
Engels, J.M.M. +3 more
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Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2022 Background Genebanks contribute to poverty reduction as well as food and nutritional security by being one of the main sources of diversity for the development of improved crop varieties. While the welfare implications of adopting improved varieties have
Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong +3 more
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Capacity Building Workshop on Genetic Resource Policies for CGIAR Scientists and Partners in East Africa, 4 - 7 June 2019, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2020 The CGIAR Genebank Platform Policy Module, in coordination with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), organized the ‘Capacity building workshop on genetic resource policies for CGIAR scientists and partners in East Africa’.
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Capacity Building Workshop on Genetic Resources for CGIAR Scientists and Partners from Near East and Neighbouring Countries, 17 - 20 September 2018, ICARDA, Beirut, Lebanon [PDF]
, 2020 In September 2018, the CGIAR Genebank Platform Policy Module joined the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) to ...
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IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2022 Background Cowpea or black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is one of the preferred food crops in Nigeria, as expressed in land area and production. The popularity of the crop is in part related to the successful development and adoption of improved ...
Abel-Gautier Kouakou +5 more
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CGIAR Genebank Platform - Plan of Work and Budget 2020 [PDF]
, 2020 As per previous years, the CGIAR Genebank Platform is responsible for providing healthy, viable, documented germplasm from the 35 crop and tree collections managed by the CGIAR, which are maintained and safety duplicated in long-term conservation in ...
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Distribution of genetic diversity in wild European populations of prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola): implications for plant genetic resources management [PDF]
, 2010 Genetic variation in Lactuca serriola, the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce, was studied across Europe from the Czech Republic to the United Kingdom, using three molecular marker systems, simple sequence repeat (SSR, microsatellites), AFLP and
Dehmer, K.J. +5 more
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