Use of Information

I. Outputs specified in the original project document

 

 

Outputs

Achievements

Burkina Faso

Mexico

Morocco

Nepal

Vietnam

Others (Ethiopia Hungary, Turkey, Peru)

Output 2b: Identification of priority crops and regions for in situ conservation

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

Hungary, Peru, Ethiopia

Output 3g: Information bases for farmer-use on the characteristics and value of local varieties

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

X

 

Output 3a: Decentralised breeding and selection techniques that enhance or maintain on-farm genetic diversity

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

Output 3b: Improved local cultivars combining substantial genetic diversity with enhanced performance

  1. Generation of variability through hybridisation to select segregates with the best characteristics
  2. Field trials of farmer varieties to select best ones based on traits of major importance to farmers
  3. In situ mass selection applied to farmer varieties

 

 

 

 

 

Maize

 

 

 

 

Maize

 

 

 

Maize

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faba bean

Alfalfa

Barley

 

 

 

Rice

 

 

 

 

 

Rice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rice

 

Output 1f: Recommendations for national economic and agricultural policy to aid the maintenance of on-farm diversity

 

Initial reviewing of existing policies

Initial reviewing of existing policies

Initial reviewing of existing policies

 

Turkey (Initial reviewing of existing policies)

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In Situ Conservation