The Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA. © FAO: http://www.fao.org

1. Monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the
Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA
Cairo 5-6 November 2014
The Second Global Plan of Action
for PGRFA
Stefano Diulgheroff
Plant Production and Protection Division,
FAO

2. Introduction

3. Introduction
Set of internationally
agreed priorities
Adopted by FAO
Council (Nov. 2011)

4. The first GPA
Main reference for national, regional and global
efforts to conserve and use PGRFA sustainably
and to share equitably and fairly the benefits that
derive from their use (and other sectors)
Used to define priorities at the global level, to
improve coordination of efforts and to create
synergies among stakeholders
Instrumental in reorienting and prioritizing the
research and development agendas of relevant
international organizations with regard to
activities related to PGRFA
Set the stage for the successful completion of the
negotiation of the International Treaty on PGRFA

5. increasing population and urbanization
increasing food insecurity
climate change
need for more sustainable agriculture
need to safeguard diversity
and minimize genetic
erosion
Major developments - challenges

6. Major developments - opportunities
Advances in
information/communication
technologies
biotechnology

7. Major developments - opportunities
Policy environment:
International Treaty on PGRFA
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity
2011-2020/targets
Nagoya Protocol
Renewed commitment to
agriculture and related
research and development
activities

8. the Second GPA
Addresses these new challenges and
opportunities in its 18 Priorities
Activities
part of one package

9. the Second GPA vs GPA
Second GPA: new challenges and
opportunities for PGRFA that
emerged since 1996. Greater
emphasis on the sustainable use
of PGRFA
as a means to
enhance food
security in a
changing
environment.

10. … about climate change…
Five-Year Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 (NASA)
Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red (+2°C) and lower then normal temperatures are shown in blue (-2°C).

11. … and global warming…
Five-Year Global Temperature Anomalies to 2012
Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red (+2°C) and lower then normal temperatures are shown in blue (-2°C).

12. Implementation
Second GPA
implementation is an
essential contribution to
achieving the objectives of
the International Treaty and
of the CBD in the area of
agricultural biodiversity and
helps reach some key
targets of the Strategic Plan
for Biodiversity 2011-2020

13. Implementation
Second GPA implementation requires
- - a concerted action at all levels,
with all relevant actors (governments,
local local and regional authorities, regional and
international organizations, the scientific community,
the private sector, indigenous and local communities,
breeders
and farmers)
- a significant increase in PGRFA activities
and adequate funding.

14. Implementation
Efforts should come both from
National Programmes
and
International cooperation (to complement and
support national efforts in developing countries)

15. Implementation
International cooperation
-The implementation of the Treaty and
the contribution of the Benefit Sharing
Fund and Global Crop Diversity Trust are
essential.
- Additional sources of funding …

16. the Second GPA
It calls for:
Greater emphasis on in situ
conservation of genetically
diverse populations, especially
CWR, to allow evolution to
continue and thus permit the
continued generation of adaptive
traits

17. the Second GPA
It calls for:
A significant expansion of ex situ
conservation to ensure the
maintenance of diversity,
including those adapted to
extreme conditions and those
from areas expected to be highly
affected by climate change;

18. the Second GPA
It calls for:
Increased research and
improved availability of
information on the material held
ex situ that will become useful
under more sustainable
production systems and new
environmental conditions;

19. the Second GPA
It calls for:
More emphasis and support on
building capacity in plant
breeding and seed-systems that
make effective and sustainable
use of PGRFA;

20. the Second GPA
It calls for:
Greater attention to reduce
genetic erosion and enhance on
farm management and intra- and
inter-specific diversity;

21. the Second GPA
It calls for:
Stronger national programmes,
with increased involvement of
and collaboration among all
stakeholders, Ministries, farming
communities, private sector;

22. the Second GPA
Key messages are:
Linking conservation with use
Enhancing capacity at all levels
Strengthening partnerships to
conserve and use PGRFA
Complementary and well
coordinated conservation and
use strategies

23. the Second GPA
Sets the bases for the development and
adoption of national policies, strategies
and legislation for the conservation and
sustainable use of PGRFA

24. International cooperation
In situ Conservation and Management (PA
1-4)
1. Surveying and inventorying PGRFA
Toolkit for in situ conservation of CWR and on-farm management of local varieties
Conservation and management of endangered locally adapted crop varieties (ALB)
2. Supporting on-farm management and improvement of PGRFA
BSF-2 Participatory conservation & utilization of rice genetic resources for livelihood and
food security (Bhutan)
BSF-2 On-farm conservation and mining of local durum wheat and barley landraces of Tunisia for
biotic and abiotic stresses, enhanced food security and adaptation to climate change (Tunisia)
BSF-2 Conservación y manejo sostenible del germoplasma de papas nativas en las comunidades
campesinas de la Provincia de Andahuaylas (Peru)
BSF-2 Strengthening community-based on-farm conservation and sustainable use of crop diversity
in semi arid Zambezi-Gwembe Valley of Zambia
BSF-2 Improving livelihoods of local communities in semi arid zones of Malawi through on farm
conservation and exploiting the genetic potential and seed production of yams, sorghum, pearl
millet, finger millet and cowpeas germplasm in mitigating climate change
(Malawi)

25. 3. Assisting farmers in disaster situations to restore crop systems
BSF-2 Establecimiento de una red preliminar de bancos comunitarios de semillas, en regiones
vulnerables del país, para disponer de semillas en caso de desastres naturales (GTM)
4. Promoting in situ conservation and management of crop wild relatives and wild food plants
GCDT – Millennium Seed Bank, Kew – collect CWR of 26 key crops, conserve them in genebanks,
and prepare them for use in plant breeding programmes to breed new crop varieties adapted to
changing climatic conditions.
• collecting targets identified based on gap analysis
• discussions on collecting initiated with Myanmar, Mozambique, Israel,
Azerbaijan
International cooperation
In situ Conservation and Management (PA
1-4)

26. International cooperation
Ex situ Conservation (PA 5-7)
5. Supporting targeted collecting
GCDT – CWR
TCPs - Azerbaijan Albania
6. Sustaining and expanding ex situ conservation
- GCDT – 11 international genebanks supported
- Genebank standards
7. Regenerating and multiplying ex situ accessions
GCDT – regeneration project
•22 crops
•95,000 accessions
•246 collections
•86 institutes
•77 countries
•9 networks
• 74,410 regenerated
• 3,675 put in vitro
• 12,255 not viable
Safety duplication
•37,218 accessions
•41 countries
•12 not Treaty Party
•in process 10,000 accessions
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Accessions
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SGSV
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Depositors

27. International cooperation
Sustainable Use (PA 8-12)
8. Expanding characterization, evaluation
GCDT - 43 projects that evaluated 59 collections of 20 crops for some 143 traits of interest
for climate change adaptation
9. Supporting plant breeding, genetic enhancement and base-broadening efforts
Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB)
e-Learning Course on Pre-breeding
GEF-Mainstreaming use and conservation of agro-biodiversity in public policies through integrated
strategies in the Andean highlands in Ecuador
GEF-Conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity to improve human nutrition in five
macro eco-regions in Bolivia
BSF-2 Use of genetic resources to establish a multi country program of evolutionary-participatory
plant breeding (Syria, Iran, Jordan)
10. Promoting diversification of crop production and broadening crop diversity for sustainable
agriculture
An illustrated Atlas of African agro-biodiversity to raise awareness and understanding of the
important role of promising and underutilized fruits and vegetables of tropical Africa
BSF-2 Management, development and utilization of various crop plants for sustainable food
availability (Indonesia)

28. International cooperation
Sustainable Use (PA 8-12)
11. Promoting development and commercialization of all varieties, primarily farmers’
varieties/landraces and underutilized species
BSF1
Promotion of income generation for smallholder farmers through the development of value added
activities and by increasing market access (India, Peru, Kenya)
Promotion of Traditional and Locally Adapted Varieties (Egypt, India, Peru, Senegal and Tanzania)
e.g. reintroduced ambakkan cassava variety in Kerala; seed multiplication of cereal trad.
varieties in Senegal;
Peru potato multiplcation in the Potato Park and Reintroduction of Ex situ Material (Peru 410
accessions from CIP went back into cultivation)
12. Supporting seed production and distribution
Support to seed systems and seed enterprises development and facilitating farmers’ access to highly
performing varieties in Latin America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
Panamá y Belize + Perú, Bolivia y Ecuador ) and West Africa
Preparation and/or review of seed policies and regulations (Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso,
Lebanon, Mauritania, Sierra Leone and Togo)
Draft Guide for National Seed Policy Formulation
Project for developing regulatory frameworks and capacities for the emergence of seed industries
and the delivery of quality seed to small farmers (Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal)

29. International cooperation
Building capacities (PA 13-18)
13. Building and strengthening national programmes
NISM has led to the establishment/strengthening of national PGRFA committee in many countries
Support countries in developing national strategies (Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, …)
Guidelines to assist countries in preparing a national PGRFA strategy ITWG-7 and CGRFA-15.
Seed policy and seed legislation guidelines are being prepared ITWG-7 and CGRFA-15
14. Promoting and strengthening networks
Concept note on a global network for in situ conservation and on-farm management of PGRFA
to raise awareness of the social and economic value of in situ conservation and on-farm
management
to promote knowledge sharing, capacity development and partnerships
to improve coordination of on-going efforts
(PA 13 and 14)
BSF-2 Seven projects supporting the development of strategic action plans for climate change
adaptation of key food crops
1.Bangladesh,Benin, Brazil, Ecuador, India, Guatemala, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Zambia, Zimbabwe; 2 Bhutan,
Cambodia, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Vietnam; 3. Sudan; 4. Brazil with partner applicants in: Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
Guatemala, Cuba, Haiti e Mozambique; 5. Democratic People's Republic of Korea; 6. Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico; 7. Tunisia

30. International cooperation
Building capacities (PA 13-18)
16. Developing and strengthening systems for monitoring and
safeguarding genetic diversity and minimizing genetic
erosion
WIEWS - NISM
Work on indicators under CGRFA and CBD
15. Constructing and strengthening comprehensive information
systems
GCDT – GENESYS and GRIN Global
New WIEWS
MCPD-2
17. Building and strengthening human capacity
Most of the projects reported
18. Promoting and strengthening public awareness
Most of the projects reported

31. Thank you
Plant Production and Protection