Farm seed opportunities, Recommendations for on-farm conservation in Europe

Agrobiodiversity Conservation: Securing the Diversity of Crop Wild Relatives and Landraces

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 137-141

  Bocci, R ^a   Chable, V ^b   Kastler, G ^c   Louwaars, N ^d  

^a Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica (AIAB)   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Réseau Semences Paysannes Cazalens ^*  (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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