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Genetic Resources for Food Security and Nutrition

Year of publication 2015

Pages 4p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Conserving genetic resources for food and agriculture and promoting their use in support of global food security and sustainable development for present and future generations. Genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA) –the diversity of plants, animals, aquatic resources, forests, micro-organisms and invertebrates – are the strategic reservoir on which all our food production systems depend.

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