New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources

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 diverse...

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Autores principales: Vernooy, Ronnie, Halewood, Michael, López Noriega, Isabel, Galluzzi, Gea
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Bioversity International 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42118
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author Vernooy, Ronnie
Halewood, Michael
López Noriega, Isabel
Galluzzi, Gea
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description 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 diverse agricultural production practices that depend on them are under some form of stress. Factors impacting on local seed systems include pests and diseases, loss of soil fertility and droughts and floods. Other factors include socio-economic and institutional forces, such as the inefficiency or absence of agricultural research and extension services, and formal seed systems that are unable to cater to the needs of smallholder farmers who depend on diversity and locally adapted cultivars. Although in many regions of the world farmers continue to try to maintain a diversity of crops and crop varieties, there are concerns that this diversity is declining in terms of both number of species and area sown or planted. These changes are taking place at a time when farmers are increasingly exposed to the impacts of climate change
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spelling CGSpace421182025-11-05T08:02:42Z New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources Vernooy, Ronnie Halewood, Michael López Noriega, Isabel Galluzzi, Gea agriculture climate plant genetic resources 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 diverse agricultural production practices that depend on them are under some form of stress. Factors impacting on local seed systems include pests and diseases, loss of soil fertility and droughts and floods. Other factors include socio-economic and institutional forces, such as the inefficiency or absence of agricultural research and extension services, and formal seed systems that are unable to cater to the needs of smallholder farmers who depend on diversity and locally adapted cultivars. Although in many regions of the world farmers continue to try to maintain a diversity of crops and crop varieties, there are concerns that this diversity is declining in terms of both number of species and area sown or planted. These changes are taking place at a time when farmers are increasingly exposed to the impacts of climate change 2012 2014-08-15T12:13:26Z 2014-08-15T12:13:26Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42118 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International Vernooy R, Halewood M, López-Noriega I, Galluzzi G. 2012. New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources. Policy Brief. Rome, Italy: Bioversity International.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
Halewood, Michael
López Noriega, Isabel
Galluzzi, Gea
New strategies and partnerships for the sustainable use of plant genetic resources
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climate
plant genetic resources
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