Statement

Specific recommendations

Technical note on base-broadening

Activity 10 of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources calls for increasing genetic enhancement and base broadening efforts, and a focus on the most pressing problems identified in fifteen crops of international and regional significance.

Since the Leipzig Conference, FAO, and the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), have taken steps to promote base-broadening, consistent with other relevant activities of the Global Plan of Action, particularly Activity 11: Promoting sustainable agriculture through diversification and crop production and broader diversity in crops. A preparatory workshop was convened in September 1997, which brought together experts from universities, and national and international research institutes.
The Statement prepared by the Workshop partecipant can be found here.