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Institutions
and capacity building:
20. Promoting public awareness of the value of Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture conservation and use
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|
Country
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Actions
taken since mid-1995/Sources of founding
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Constrains/Needs
|
Opportunities
|
Support
required from regional & international organizations
|
| East
& South Mediterranean. |
| Algeria |
| . |
Information
not available |
| Cyprus |
| . |
• Several activities undertaken
• Presentation of PGR activities in national scientific meetings,
• using the mass media (radio and TV programmes), publishing
articles in different informative reviews
• National funding |
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned |
Promoting and encouraging
joint activities by developing joint projects |
| Egypt |
| . |
Not mentioned |
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned |
Not mentioned |
| Jordan |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Lebanon |
| . |
Information
not available |
| Libya |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Malta |
| . |
Promotion of hands on farming programmes to general public. This activity linked with agrotourism |
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned
|
| Morocco |
| . |
• Organization
of national workshop on "Plant Genetic Resources and sustainable
development.
• Radio
broadcasting of 2 programmes on PGR
• National
funding
|
Not mentioned
|
Involvement of
NGO
|
Financial
and technical support
|
| Palestine |
| . |
Not
mentioned |
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned |
Not mentioned
|
| Syria |
| . |
Organization of
intensified awareness campaign for farmers, shepherds, youth
and school students on restoring plant cover of some degraded
areas
|
• Insufficient
efforts in public awareness
• Current
legislation are inadequate
• Training
|
Pilot projects
|
Financial
and technical support
|
| Tunisia |
| . |
Not mentioned |
Not mentioned
|
Implementation
of the National Biodiversity Plan of Action
|
Support
to NGOs working in PGR fields
|
| Turkey |
| . |
Within
the framework of in situ Conservation Project, various workshops
have been organized with participation of local administration/authorities,
scientists from different institutions, local community members,
NGOs members etc. On the public awareness to the biodiversity/plant
genetic resources conservation and management of GMZs |
Not mentioned
|
Involvement of
community members and NGOs
|
Not mentioned
|
| West
Asia |
| Afghanistan |
| . |
No
action taken |
Need to
bring to the attention of local authorities the importance
of' PGRFA and staff awareness campaign
|
Not mentioned
|
Financial
and technical support
|
| Bahrain |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Iran |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Iraq |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Kuwait |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Oman |
| . |
No substantial work has been done due to financial limitations |
• Need
for strong extension network to educate farmers on awareness
about the importance of PGR
• Technical
consultancy
• Financial
constraints
|
Not in immediate
future
|
Financial
support
|
| Pakistan |
| . |
Activities very limited |
Need further
attention to promote PGRFA
|
Not mentioned
|
Financial
and technical support
|
| Qatar |
| . |
Not
mentioned |
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned
|
| Saudi
Arabia |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| United
Arab Emirates |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Yemen |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| .. |
| Central
Asia |
| Armenia |
| .
.
|
Information
not available |
| Azerbaijan |
| .. |
Not
mentioned |
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned
|
Not mentioned
|
| Kazakhstan |
| .
|
Information
not available |
| Kyrgyz
Republic |
| .
.
|
Information
not available |
| Tajikstan |
| .
. |
Information
not available |
| Uzbekistan |
| .. |
Report
on the national coordinator on PGR has been presented on radio
and TV |
Not
mentioned |
Not
mentioned |
Not
mentioned |
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