Empowering community and rural institutions for on-farm conservation and sustainable use of cultivated and wild tropical fruit diversity in Asia
On-farm (in situ) conservation of cultivated plants refers to the management of landraces/cultivars and the occasionally cultivated wild relatives (as in the case of fruit species like mango) in the very place where they developed their present-day characteristics. Fruit tree varieties and related good practices innovated by farmers in their home-gardens and semi-commercial orchards are an important source of genetic resources that are still underutilized and neglected considering their potentially lucrative market value. This poster describes a participatory and innovative method/tool for assessing the fruit genetic diversity in farming communities in order to develop livelihood options based on diversity available to farmers as well as conservation actions.
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Subjects: | fruit trees, storage, agriculture, plant genetic resources, biodiversity, farmers, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105174 https://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/empowering-community-and-rural-institutions-for-on-farm-conservation-and-sustainable-use-of-cultivat/ http://www.fruitsforever.net/ |
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| Summary: | On-farm (in situ) conservation of cultivated plants refers to the management of landraces/cultivars and the occasionally cultivated wild relatives (as in the case of fruit species like mango) in the very place where they developed their present-day characteristics. Fruit tree varieties and related good practices innovated by farmers in their home-gardens and semi-commercial orchards are an important source of genetic resources that are still underutilized and neglected considering their potentially lucrative market value. This poster describes a participatory and innovative method/tool for assessing the fruit genetic diversity in farming communities in order to develop livelihood options based on diversity available to farmers as well as conservation actions. |
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