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Coping with Climate Change – The Roles of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Year of publication 2015

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 130 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-108441-0

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Genetic resources for food and agriculture play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods and in the provision of environmental services. They are key components of sustainability, resilience and adaptability in production systems. They underpin the ability of crops, livestock, aquatic organisms and forest trees to withstand a range of harsh conditions. Climate change poses new challenges to the management of the world’s genetic resources for food and agriculture, but it also un derlines their importance. At the request of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO prepared thematic studies on the interactions between climate change and plant, animal, forest, aquatic, invertebrate and micro-organism genetic resources. This publication summarizes the results of these studies.

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