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256) Genesys
Genesys is a database which allows users to explore the world’s crop diversity conserved in genebanks through a single website. It allows breeders and other genebank users to quickly search for – and request – crop samples located in...
Subject area: Strengthening seed systems
Subject category: Other, The role of gene banks
In Kenya, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with the Japan Association for International Collaboration of Agriculture and Forestry (JAICAF), IEDA Confectionary Limited, (a Japanese company), and the National Museums of Kenya, introduced the pressure popping, a...
Subject area: Promoting local crop diversity
Subject category: Developing the value chain
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act (PPV&FR Act) in India, seeks to address the rights of plant breeders and farmers on an equal footing. It affirms the necessity of recognizing and protecting the rights of farmers...
Subject area: Policy development
Subject category: Farmers' Rights, Seed policy
This article summarizes the achievements of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority (India) in 2017 and 2018. Many workshops on Farmers' Rights and Agro-biodiversity were organized during this period: a regional workshop on Farmers' Rights and Agro-biodiversity...
Subject area: Promoting local crop diversity
Subject category: Raising awareness of local crop diversity value
260) Farmers' Rights in Practice : Synthesis of the Case Studies on Sustainable Use of Agrobiodiversity
The project "Good Practices in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty: Developing an Inclusive Approach in the Fight against Poverty" provides a collection of case studies of good practices on the sustainable use of PGRFA.
This collection is...
Subject area: Enhancing crop diversity for local needs
Subject category: Farmers' Rights, Participatory plant breeding
