Induced Mutations Unleash the Potentials of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Induced Mutations Unleash the Potentials of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The options for increasing food production by at least 70% over the next four decades so as to keep pace with a rapidly increasing human population are bedeviled by erratic climatic conditions, depleted arable lands, dwindling water resources and by the significant environmental and health costs for increasing the use of agrochemicals. Enhanced productivities through “smart” crop varieties that...

Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

2. At its Fourteenth Session (2013), the Commission endorsed the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, contained in this document. The Genebank Standards were originally endorsed by the Commission in 1993. In 2009, the Commission requested FAO to revise the Genebank Standards in cooperation with the relevant international organizations to ensure up-to-date con...

Demonstrating Interdependence on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

agriculture, food production, rural development and the environment. The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture draws on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organizations, 12 specially commissioned thematic studies and wider expert knowledge to provide the first global assessment of these resources and their management. This “in brie...

COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AS THEY RELATE TO PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE by Charles Spillane

At its Sixth Session, the Commission “agreed to postpone any further development of the draft Code until after the current negotiations for the revision of the International Undertaking were over”. This document is provided for information of the Commission in the interim period, in view of the very rapid developments in this sector. The study is the responsibility of the author, and does not n...