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Adapting agriculture to climate change: a global initiative to collect, conserve, and use crop wild relatives

The main objective of the“Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change” project is to collect and protect the genetic diversity of a portfolio of plants with the characteristics required for adapting the world's most important food crops to climate change. The initiative also aims to make available this d...

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Main Authors: Dempewolf, Hannes, Eastwood, Ruth J., Guarino, Luigi, Khoury, Colin K., Muller, JV, Toll, Jane
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Informa UK Limited 2014
Subjects:
wild plants
climate change
food security
plant breeding
biodiversity conservation
plantas silvestres
cambio climático
seguridad alimentaria
fitomejoramiento
conservación de la diversidad biológica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42156
Summary:The main objective of the“Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change” project is to collect and protect the genetic diversity of a portfolio of plants with the characteristics required for adapting the world's most important food crops to climate change. The initiative also aims to make available this diversity in a form that plant breeders can readily use to produce varieties adapted to the new climatic conditions that farmers, particularly in the developing world, are already encountering. Such adaptation is a key component of securing the world's future food production. This paper serves to inform interested researchers of this important initiative and encourage collaboration under its umbrella.

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