Crop landraces inventory for Portugal

Abstract The threats to agrobiodiversity ultimately affect our future food security. Countries bonded national or international biodiversity conservation legislation should conserve and sustainably use their agrobiodiversity. Landraces are a key element of which is largely endangered due lack systematic conservation, partially obstacles in developing inventories may be assigned the difficulties applying standard landrace’ definition complications associated with nomenclature (synonyms/homonyms). Effective landraces can best achieved comprehensive inventory. In this paper, we developed inventory other Portuguese agricultural by surveying literature, local media, farms. Farms were selected based on knowledge experts using an ecogeographic diversity approach Geographic Information Systems. We compiled 14,813 records 7492 different landraces. Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera L.), common beans Phaseolus vulgaris maize Zea mays L. subsp. ) have highest number Portugal according gathered data. Bragança Faro districts more landrace for that first iteration such kind updated systematically.