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Saving Seeds
. Ed(S): Koo, B.; Pardey, P. G.; Wright, B. D.
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Description for Saving Seeds
hardcover. The conservation of genetic resources is vital to the maintenance of biodiversity and to the world's ability to feed its growing population. There are now more than a thousand genebanks worldwide involved in the ex situ (meaning "away from the source") storage of particular classes of crops. Editor(s): Koo, B.; Pardey, P. G.; Wright, B. D. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
The conservation of genetic resources is vital to the maintenance of biodiversity and to the world’s ability to feed its growing population. There are now more than a thousand genebanks worldwide involved in the ex situ (meaning “away from the source”) storage of particular classes of crops. Since the 1970s, the eleven genebanks maintained by the centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) have become pivotal to the global conservation effort. However, key policy and management issues – usually with economic dimensions – have largely been overlooked.This provided the impetus for a series of detailed economic studies, ... Read more
The conservation of genetic resources is vital to the maintenance of biodiversity and to the world’s ability to feed its growing population. There are now more than a thousand genebanks worldwide involved in the ex situ (meaning “away from the source”) storage of particular classes of crops. Since the 1970s, the eleven genebanks maintained by the centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) have become pivotal to the global conservation effort. However, key policy and management issues – usually with economic dimensions – have largely been overlooked.This provided the impetus for a series of detailed economic studies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851998596
SKU
V9780851998596
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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