Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers' Varieties/Landraces

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  • Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers' Varieties/Landraces Book Detail

  • Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Release Date : 2019-08-01
  • Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
  • Genre : Nature
  • Pages : 151
  • ISBN 13 : 9251316872
  • File Size : 7,7 MB
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Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers' Varieties/Landraces by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations PDF Summary

Book Description: The cultivation of diverse farmers’ varieties/landraces, which tend to be well-adapted and suited to local production systems, confers increased resilience for crop production. Farmers’ varieties/landraces are also potential sources of traits for crop improvement, especially for developing varieties tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses and for incorporating farmer-preferred traits. Unfortunately, many of these genetic resources have been replaced by modern cultivars in recent decades, resulting in a reduction in the total number of different varieties grown and/or loss of heterogeneity. Such losses make farming systems less resilient, especially to shocks from abiotic and biotic stresses. These guidelines, intended as reference materials for preparing a National Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers’ Varieties/Landraces, will contribute to addressing this continuing loss of diversity. The guidelines are therefore a useful tool for development practitioners, researchers, students and policymakers who work on the conservation and sustainable use of these valuable resources.

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