International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Adding value to landraces with cultural information

This presentation emphasizes the need to highlight the diverse use values of landraces/farmers' varieties to increase their value to society. The presentation was given by Maarit Heinonen at the workshop "Conservation strategies for European crop wild relative and landrace diversity", held in Palanga, Lithuania, in September 2011.

Topic(s)
Subject area(s)
Promoting local crop diversity
Subject category(ies)
Raising awareness of local crop diversity value
Publisher
University of Birmingham
Publication date
2011
DOI
NA
Resource link
Resource type
Article or presentation
Resource format
PDF
Primary geographic focus
Europe
Open access
Yes


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