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Farm Animal Genetic Resources - Safeguarding National Assets for Food Security and Trade

A Summary of workshops on farm animal genetic resources held in the Southern Africa Development Community






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    Securing tomorrow’s food - Promoting the sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources. Information for action
    Promoting the sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources. Information for action
    2002
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    The twentieth century has witnessed spectacular advances in many areas, including agriculture and medicine. The consequences have been both positive and negative: extended human life spans, increased food production and other achievements stand against a staggering growth in population, widespread environmental degradation and the fact that about 826 million people, or about 13% of the world’s population, still go hungry. The development of high-performing livestock and poultry breeds has n o doubt greatly contributed to the increase of food production, especially in temperate climates. But their indiscriminate export into tropical countries has often ended in failure, as the animals cannot stand the heat, need optimal inputs and readily succumb to disease. To overcome these weaknesses, the ongoing approach is the widespread promotion of crossbreeding high-yielding breeds with hardy and welladapted local animals. The price of this and other developments is high: local breeds are disappearing at a rate of two breeds a week. This has far-reaching consequences, not only for our generation but also for the generations to come.
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    Safeguarding Food Security and Rural Livelihoods Through Easier Access to Information on Plant Genetic Resources - GCP/GLO/685/GER 2020
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    There is an often significant lack of standards concerning the exchange of information on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture stored in gene banks. In this context, the project aimed to improve the value and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture through facilitated access to scientific information and capacity development, contributing to the implementation of the Global Information System of Article 17 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It aimed to achieve this through three main components: (i) the development of a web portal to connect plant genetic resources information systems and datasets, (ii) the development and promotion of standards for germplasm description and documentation and (iii) the organization of training activities in two main regions to document germplasm available in the Multilateral System of the International Treaty and other useful information for plant breeders, farmers and researchers.
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    Secondary Guidelines for Development of National Farm Animal Genetic Resources Management Plans - Animal Recording for Medium Input Production Environment 1998
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    The Guidelines focus on: The role of animal recording in development, with emphasis on the identification of beneficiaries and on the opportunities to use animal recording schemes as both a source of information to improve animal production and productivity and as a platform for rural economic development; •The planning and conduct of animal recording schemes, providing step-wise and detailed guidance on institutional and operational organisation of such schemes; and •Special issues i nvolved in managing animal recording schemes and the utilisation of information resulting therefrom in medium-input production systems.

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