Agrobiodiversity

At the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in March 2010, GFAR constituencies prioritized the issue of agro-biodiversity, as one of prime global importance that should be addressed vigorously in the research for development agenda. Building on the positive outcomes of the international year of biodiversity (2010), GFAR with the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources in Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), subsequently advocated for greater c... more

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Capacity Building Program in Support of National Plant

Capacity Building Program in Support of National Plant Genetic Resources Programs (CAPFITOGEN)

The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
02/08/2013
Celebrating the International Day of Biodiversity

Celebrating the International Day of Biodiversity

Agricultural biodiversity plays essential roles in development and in sustaining livelihoods,...
22/05/2013
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Meeting development needs through horticulture

Horticultural crops have enormous importance around the world, in ensuring nutrition, incomes,...
01/03/2013
NENA-PRGN Workshop

Implementing action on Plant Genetic Resources in NENA region

Under its work program stream on promoting agrobiodiversity, GFAR has supported through...
23/02/2013
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GCARD2. Breakout Session P2.1 Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Briefing Paper

The problems being addressed in this session are related to ensuring global food and nutrition...
27/10/2012
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GCARD2. Breakout session P2.2 Landscape Partnerships—Linking Research and Action on Agriculture, Land, Water, and Forests – Speaker’s Brief

The CGIAR Research Program No. 6: Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: Livelihoods, Landscapes and...
11/10/2012
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