Resilient seed systems and Adaptation to climate change: Some Results from Participatory Climate & Crops Suitability modeling in 8 African Countries. Presentation by Gloria Otieno, Bioversity International given at the 'Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol' workshop, Assia Ababa, November 16th 2015
ICRISAT develops diverse breeding materials and supplies to researchers globally. The breeding materials developed by ICRISAT remains International Public Goods (IPGs). ICRISAT has a large global collection (>120,000 accessions) of germplasm for its mandate crops and also working with the global network of research partners developed ICRISAT has developed >1140 varieties/hybrids based bred materials in 81 countries. Centre of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) and Platform for Translational Research on Transgenic Crops (PTTC) available at ICRISAT.
A presentation by Eshan Dulloo at the European Plant Genetic Resources Conference 2011. The conference brought together global particpants interested in making greater use of the agricultural biodiversity conserved in genebanks.
Resilient seed systems and Adaptation to climate change: Some Results from Participatory Climate & Crops Suitability modeling in 8 African Countries. Presentation by Gloria Otieno, Bioversity International given at the 'Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol' workshop, Assia Ababa, November 16th 2015
ICRISAT develops diverse breeding materials and supplies to researchers globally. The breeding materials developed by ICRISAT remains International Public Goods (IPGs). ICRISAT has a large global collection (>120,000 accessions) of germplasm for its mandate crops and also working with the global network of research partners developed ICRISAT has developed >1140 varieties/hybrids based bred materials in 81 countries. Centre of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) and Platform for Translational Research on Transgenic Crops (PTTC) available at ICRISAT.
A presentation by Eshan Dulloo at the European Plant Genetic Resources Conference 2011. The conference brought together global particpants interested in making greater use of the agricultural biodiversity conserved in genebanks.
Overview of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agri...Bioversity International
Presentation given by Kent Nnandozie, Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources given at the 'Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol' workshop, Addis Ababa, November 16th 2015
Advances in legume breeding for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers in ssaTropical Legumes III
#DYK the benefits of legumes: It intensify cropping systems as double, catch, relay and intercrops; Provide ‘free’ nitrogen to soils through atmospheric nitrogen fixation; Act as break crops for disease and pest cycles; Increase and diversify smallholder farmers’ incomes and Increase household diet quality with plant proteins and micronutrients.
Advances in legume breeding for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers in ...ICRISAT
Despite their many benefits, productivity of legumes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally lower than world averages due to:Biotic stresses (diseases, pests, weeds), Abiotic stresses (heat, frost, drought, and salinity) and Edaphic factors (associated with soil nutrient.
deficits). Reference sets developed for assorted legumes and traits of agronomic importance identified for further crop improvement.
Roux - A global information and knowledge sharing approach to facilitate the ...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Lessons learned from case studies of applying biotechnologies for smallholdersExternalEvents
Lessons learned from case studies of applying biotechnologies for smallholders presentation by Andrea Sonnino, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development and FAO, Rome, Italy
An international initiative to conduct comprehensive genome-wide association ...ICRISAT
An international initiative has been started to undertake a comprehensive genome wide association studies(GWAS)in three different germplasm sets i.e. the reference set (300 genotypes) consisting of global mini-core collection (184 accessions) of ICRISAT,the US mini-core collection (112 accessions)and the Chinese mini-core collection (298 accessions).
6 Nov 2014
The strategic action plan to strengthen the conservation and use of Mesoameri...Bioversity International
Marleni Ramirez, Bioversity International Regional Director for the Americas, presented at the international conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, in Cambridge, UK, 16-20 June 2014.
The Strategic Action Plan to Strengthen the Conservation and Use of Mesoamerican Plant Genetic Resources in Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change (SAPM) is a ten-year road map to strengthen conservation, access and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in Mesoamerica, as a strategic element for food security and agricultural adaptation to climate change and other threats.
The plan is available in English and Spanish bit.ly/1lAu6Hh
The goal of the SC2 Pilot is to demonstrate the ability of Big Data technologies to complement existing community-driven systems (e.g. VITIS for the Viticulture Research Community) with efficient large-scale back-end processing workflows.
Overview of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agri...Bioversity International
Presentation given by Kent Nnandozie, Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources given at the 'Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol' workshop, Addis Ababa, November 16th 2015
Advances in legume breeding for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers in ssaTropical Legumes III
#DYK the benefits of legumes: It intensify cropping systems as double, catch, relay and intercrops; Provide ‘free’ nitrogen to soils through atmospheric nitrogen fixation; Act as break crops for disease and pest cycles; Increase and diversify smallholder farmers’ incomes and Increase household diet quality with plant proteins and micronutrients.
Advances in legume breeding for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers in ...ICRISAT
Despite their many benefits, productivity of legumes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally lower than world averages due to:Biotic stresses (diseases, pests, weeds), Abiotic stresses (heat, frost, drought, and salinity) and Edaphic factors (associated with soil nutrient.
deficits). Reference sets developed for assorted legumes and traits of agronomic importance identified for further crop improvement.
Roux - A global information and knowledge sharing approach to facilitate the ...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
Lessons learned from case studies of applying biotechnologies for smallholdersExternalEvents
Lessons learned from case studies of applying biotechnologies for smallholders presentation by Andrea Sonnino, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development and FAO, Rome, Italy
An international initiative to conduct comprehensive genome-wide association ...ICRISAT
An international initiative has been started to undertake a comprehensive genome wide association studies(GWAS)in three different germplasm sets i.e. the reference set (300 genotypes) consisting of global mini-core collection (184 accessions) of ICRISAT,the US mini-core collection (112 accessions)and the Chinese mini-core collection (298 accessions).
6 Nov 2014
The strategic action plan to strengthen the conservation and use of Mesoameri...Bioversity International
Marleni Ramirez, Bioversity International Regional Director for the Americas, presented at the international conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, in Cambridge, UK, 16-20 June 2014.
The Strategic Action Plan to Strengthen the Conservation and Use of Mesoamerican Plant Genetic Resources in Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change (SAPM) is a ten-year road map to strengthen conservation, access and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in Mesoamerica, as a strategic element for food security and agricultural adaptation to climate change and other threats.
The plan is available in English and Spanish bit.ly/1lAu6Hh
The goal of the SC2 Pilot is to demonstrate the ability of Big Data technologies to complement existing community-driven systems (e.g. VITIS for the Viticulture Research Community) with efficient large-scale back-end processing workflows.
What do we have to lose? Generating crop diversity and threat monitoring info...Bioversity International
Ehsan Dulloo, Bioversity International Conservation and Availability Programme Leader, presented at the international conference Enhanced genepool utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, in Cambridge, UK, 16-20 June 2014.
It is said that “you can't manage what you don't measure”. The unprecedented global loss of agricultural species, varieties and associated traditional knowledge is of increasing concern, threatening the provisioning, regulatory, supporting and cultural ecosystem services of importance to the livelihoods of the poor as well as the welfare of broader society. Such services include such public goods as maintaining agroecosystem resilience and future option values.
Unfortunately, although many crop genetic resources (CGR) are widely recognized as being threatened, there is only limited information available regarding actual status. Only isolated efforts at monitoring have been undertaken. Conventional monitoring efforts, where they exist at all, have been subject to limitations due to ad hoc approaches that lack rigorous survey and sampling approaches, do not adequately account for search effort costs or systematically involve the participation of local-level actors, and are usually based on collections instead of direct observations in the field. Furthermore, the links between specific CGR conservation levels/configurations and the provision of specific ecosystem services are poorly understood.
There is thus an urgent need for the development of a systematic approach to the monitoring of CGR. This presentation draws on the outcome of a recent Bioversity International/CIP international expert workshop aimed at the development of such an approach. The proposed multi-scale approach builds on a wide range of existing monitoring experiences and a review of the literature related to agricultural biodiversity-relevant ecosystem services. A number of proposed indicators that could be used to assess CGR threat levels, be used for monitoring purposes and/or assist in evaluating ecosystem service public/private good trade-offs arising from agricultural intensification are presented, with a view to supporting the potential for prioritizing, designing and implementing on-farm/in situ conservation measures that actively involve farmers, support livelihoods, complement existing ex situ conservation efforts and facilitate access and benefit sharing.
Find out more about Bioversity International work on conserving crop diversity on the farm and in the wild http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/conservation-of-crop-diversity/
Genebanks as GBIF data providers, the first experiences, at the TDWG 2004 con...Dag Endresen
Genebanks as GBIF data providers - the first experiences. Helmut Knüpffer and Norbert Biermann (IPK Gatersleben), Dag Endresen (Nordic Gene Bank), Pawel Kolasinski and Wieslaw Podyma (IHAR), Javier de la Torre (BGBM, ENBI). Presented at TDWG 2004 conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, 13 October 2004.
Sharing of germplasm data sets, at the TDWG 2006 conferenceDag Endresen
Data exchange for germplasm data sets with PyWrapper/BioCASE. TDWG 2006 conference, 16th October 2006, St. Louis. Dag Endresen, Johan Bäckman, Helmut Knupffer, Samy Gaiji.
Global Information Systems for Plant Genetic Resources (2009)Dag Endresen
Global information systems for plant genetic resources. For the Caucasus germplasm network training course at the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen), Alnarp Sweden 29th January 2009.
Prototype germplasm data portal (2006)Dag Endresen
Prototype Germplasm Data Portal, predecessor for the ALIS-Global of the GIGA project. Presentation for the Nordic Gene Bank board meeting on 4th December 2006.
this presentation describes an initiative for enabling access to breeders data through standardization of terms & protocols related to crop improvement.
To help reaching the Sustainable Development Goals, CGIAR must tap into Big Data. Within the programme on Climate Change for Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), researchers have already applied Big Data analytics to agricultural and weather records in Colombia, revealing how climate variation impacts rice yields. After defining its Open Data-Open Access strategy, CGIAR has launched an internal call for proposals for big data analytics platforms that will provide services to the Agri-Food system programmes and parners, and will interconnect the CGIAR data to other multi-disciplinary big data. The seminar will present the pespectives of the envisioned platforms.
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IAALD 2010 Closing Session Report: Innovations in Biodiversity Information W...IAALD Community
Report to the Closing session from the 'Innovations in BiodiversityInformation Workshop' at the 2010 IAALD World Congress - 26-29 April 2010, Montpellier, France
IAALD 2010 Closing Session Report: Targeted Information Products and ServicesIAALD Community
Report to the Closing Session from discussions on ’Targeted information products and services’ at the 2010 IAALD World Congress - 26-29 April 2010, Montpellier, France
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Contribution of standards for developing networks, crop ontologies and a global portal to provide access to plant genetic resources
1. IAALD - XIII World Congress Contribution of standards to developing networks, crops ontology and global portals to provide access to plant genetic resources Adriana Alercia, Michael Mackay Bioversity International, HQ Montpellier, 29 April 2010
9. Descriptors for Genetic Marker Technologies Descriptors targeted to researchers using genetic marker technologies to generate and exchange genetic marker data that are standardized and replicable Minimum set of descriptors needed to describe a marker technology used with a particular plant species
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11. Traditional Knowledge: Link between Standards and Farmers’ Knowledge sharing INTO DATABASES AND PORTALS FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE SCIENTISTS’ KNOWLEDGE STANDARDIZED DOCUMENTATION WITH DESCRIPTOR LISTS TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO FARMING COMMUNITY? A Generic Database for Integrating Genotypic and Phenotypic Information for PGR
19. Contributing to DBs: Coconut Genetic Resources Database CGRD Courtesy of Chantal Hamelin,CIRAD
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22. Importance of different types of descriptors (CCER, 2007) Essential or Somewhat Not used at all important important BIOVERSITY 86% 10% 4% UPOV 52% 18% 30% USDA-GRIN 33% 22% 44% COMECON 8% 15% 77%