Mainstreaming the continuum approach to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture through national strategy

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-37

  Mba, Chikelu ^a   Guimaraes, Elcio P ^a,b   Guei, Gouantoueu R ^a   Hershey, Clair ^a,b   Paganini, Michela ^a,c   Pick, Barbara ^a   Ghosh, Kakoli ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Continuum; Crop improvement; Governance; National Strategy; PGRFA; Plant Breeding; Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; Seed; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859070434     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262111000943     Document Type: Article

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