Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges
Central Asia is one of the most important centres of origin for temperate fruit species, and enjoys very rich specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees. Apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, grape, almond, pistachio, pomegranate, and fig are among the best known crops cultivated in the region...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Libro |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104574 |
| _version_ | 1855543318658678784 |
|---|---|
| author | Lapeña, I. Turdieva, M.K. López Noriega, Isabel Ayad, W.G. Bioversity International |
| author_browse | Ayad, W.G. Bioversity International Lapeña, I. López Noriega, Isabel Turdieva, M.K. |
| author_facet | Lapeña, I. Turdieva, M.K. López Noriega, Isabel Ayad, W.G. Bioversity International |
| author_sort | Lapeña, I. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | Central Asia is one of the most important centres of origin for temperate fruit species, and enjoys very rich specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees. Apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, grape, almond, pistachio, pomegranate, and fig are among the best known crops cultivated in the region, where the diverse and extreme natural and climatic conditions have helped farmers produce varieties adaptable to drought and resistant to a number of environmental stress factors. However, major changes in the rural economies in Central Asia, after the break-up of the former Soviet Union in 1991, have contributed to exacerbating some of the threats to agricultural biodiversity. From 2005 to 2010, the United Nations environment Programme (UNEP) with the Global environmental Fund (GEF) supported a project coordinated by Bioversity International to understand “In situ/on-farm Conservation and Use of Agricultural Biodiversity in Central Asia”. The project analyzed existent legislation and policies in the region to identify gaps and provide options to policymakers for strengthening legal and policy frameworks that support the conservation of horticultural and wild fruit species genetic diversity. This publication summarizes the factors that threaten local diversity of fruit and horticultural crops in 5 focal countries, and outlines the measures that can be adopted to develop and implement policy and legislative frameworks that better serve conservation goals. |
| format | Libro |
| id | CGSpace104574 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2014 |
| publishDateRange | 2014 |
| publishDateSort | 2014 |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1045742025-11-05T07:49:00Z Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges Lapeña, I. Turdieva, M.K. López Noriega, Isabel Ayad, W.G. Bioversity International fruit trees storage agriculture biodiversity varieties law policies Central Asia is one of the most important centres of origin for temperate fruit species, and enjoys very rich specific and intraspecific diversity of fruit trees. Apple, apricot, peach, pear, plum, grape, almond, pistachio, pomegranate, and fig are among the best known crops cultivated in the region, where the diverse and extreme natural and climatic conditions have helped farmers produce varieties adaptable to drought and resistant to a number of environmental stress factors. However, major changes in the rural economies in Central Asia, after the break-up of the former Soviet Union in 1991, have contributed to exacerbating some of the threats to agricultural biodiversity. From 2005 to 2010, the United Nations environment Programme (UNEP) with the Global environmental Fund (GEF) supported a project coordinated by Bioversity International to understand “In situ/on-farm Conservation and Use of Agricultural Biodiversity in Central Asia”. The project analyzed existent legislation and policies in the region to identify gaps and provide options to policymakers for strengthening legal and policy frameworks that support the conservation of horticultural and wild fruit species genetic diversity. This publication summarizes the factors that threaten local diversity of fruit and horticultural crops in 5 focal countries, and outlines the measures that can be adopted to develop and implement policy and legislative frameworks that better serve conservation goals. 2014 2019-10-15T15:41:51Z 2019-10-15T15:41:51Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104574 en https://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=244&tx_news_pi1[news]=1301 Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International; Lapeña, I.; Turdieva, M.; López Noriega, I.; Ayad, W.G. (eds.) (2014) Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges. 251 p. ISBN: 978-92-9043-920-2 |
| spellingShingle | fruit trees storage agriculture biodiversity varieties law policies Lapeña, I. Turdieva, M.K. López Noriega, Isabel Ayad, W.G. Bioversity International Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges |
| title | Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges |
| title_full | Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges |
| title_short | Conservation of fruit tree diversity in Central Asia: policy options and challenges |
| title_sort | conservation of fruit tree diversity in central asia policy options and challenges |
| topic | fruit trees storage agriculture biodiversity varieties law policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104574 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT lapenai conservationoffruittreediversityincentralasiapolicyoptionsandchallenges AT turdievamk conservationoffruittreediversityincentralasiapolicyoptionsandchallenges AT lopeznoriegaisabel conservationoffruittreediversityincentralasiapolicyoptionsandchallenges AT ayadwg conservationoffruittreediversityincentralasiapolicyoptionsandchallenges AT bioversityinternational conservationoffruittreediversityincentralasiapolicyoptionsandchallenges |