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The Second Report on THE STATE OF THE WORLD's
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Rome, 2010

ISBN 978-92-5-106534-1

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Contents


  • Foreword

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • Executive summary

  • Chapter 1
    The state of diversity

  • Chapter 2
    The state of in situ management

  • Chapter 3
    The state of ex situ conservation

  • Chapter 4
    The state of use

  • Chapter 5
    The state of national programmes, training needs and legislation

  • Chapter 6
    The state of regional and international collaboration

  • Chapter 7
    Access to Plant Genetic Resources, the sharing of benefits arising out of their utilization and the realization of Farmers' Rights

  • Chapter 8
    The contribution of PGRFA to food security and sustainable agricultural development

  • Annex 1
    List of countries that provided information for the preparation of the Second Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

  • Annex 2
    Regional distribution of countries

  • Appendix 1
    Status by country of national legislation related to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

  • Appendix 2
    Major germplasm collections by crop and institute

  • Appendix 3
    The state-of-the-art: methodologies and technologies for the identification, conservation and use of PGRFA

  • Appendix 4
    State of diversity of major and minor crops

The Second Report on THE STATE OF THE WORLD's
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

SYNTHETIC ACCOUNT


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Rome, 2010
Africa
Americas
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Pacific
Europe
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This CD-Rom contains the Second Report on the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture as well as country reports and short questionnaires that were received from countries for its preparation. The thematic background studies prepared for the Report have also been included.

FAO wishes to thank all the governments, institutions and individuals who contributed to the preparatory process. A special acknowledgement goes to Omar Bolbol, Giulia Flamini, Paul Neate, Barbara Pick and Yamamedia Srl.for design and formatting of the documents.

The country reports were mainly formatted by FAO, however, some were published in their original format, as requested by the countries.

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