Manual of Seed Handling in Genebanks
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Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9290437405
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Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9290437405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ronnie Vernooy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-05-15
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 1134608608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunity seed banks first appeared towards the end of the 1980s, established with the support of international and national non-governmental organizations. This book is the first to provide a global review of their development and includes a wide range of case studies. Countries that pioneered various types of community seed banks include Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Zimbabwe. In the North, a particular type of community seed bank emerged known as a seed-savers network. Such networks were first established in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA before spreading to other countries. Over time, the number and diversity of seed banks has grown. In Nepal, for example, there are now more than 100 self-described community seed banks whose functions range from pure conservation to commercial seed production. In Brazil, community seed banks operate in various regions of the country. Surprisingly, despite 25 years of history and the rapid growth in number, organizational diversity and geographical coverage of community seed banks, recognition of their roles and contributions has remained scanty. The book reviews their history, evolution, experiences, successes and failures (and reasons why), challenges and prospects. It fills a significant gap in the literature on agricultural biodiversity and conservation, and their contribution to food sovereignty and security.
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2018-06-08
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9251082626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWell-managed genebanks both safeguard genetic diversity and make it available to breeders. The Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture lay down the procedures for conserving plant genetic resources.These voluntary Standards set the benchmark for current scientific and technical best practices, and support the key international policy instruments for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources.
Author: T. D. Hong
Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9290432799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis publication provides an approach by which conservationists can determine whether or not long-term seed storage is feasible for a particular species, i.e. whether or not that species shows orthodox seed storage behaviour, and provides advice on the implementation of the protocol, examples of ways in which the results from seed storage studies could be misinterpreted due to confounding factors, as well as several alternative approaches for estimating seed storage behaviour prior to carryng out actual investigations with the seeds. In particular, the latter section introduces the concept of a multicriteria approach for estimating seed storage behaviour.
Author: Nanduri Kameswara Rao
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 204
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Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 17
ISBN-13: 9290432365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: T. W. Mew
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9712200493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRice seed health and quarantine; The rice plant and its environment; Equipment; Samples and sampling; dry seed inspection; Fungi; Bacteria; Nematodes; Viruses and mycoplasmalike organisms; Field inspection; Seed treatment; Weed seed; Insect pests; Fungal pathogens; Bacterial pathogens; Nematode pest; Organisms causing grain discoloration and damage.
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Publisher: Bioversity International
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Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9290437618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: B. M. Reed
Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9290436409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Catherine Phillips
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1317059409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSaving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular focus on seed saving. The practice of reusing and exchanging seeds provides foundation for food production and allows humans and seed to adapt together in dynamic socionatural conditions. But the practice and its practitioners are easily taken for granted, even as they are threatened by neoliberalisation. Combining original ethnographic research with investigation of an evolving corporate seed order, this book reveals seed saving not only as it occurs in fields and gardens but also as it associates with genebanking, genetic engineering, intellectual property rights, and agrifood regulations. Drawing on diverse social sciences literatures, Phillips illustrates ongoing practices of thinking, feeling, and acting with seeds, raising questions about what seed-people relations should accomplish and how different ways of relating might be pursued to change collective futures.