This document assists governments considering developing, adapting or implementing legislative, administrative or policy measures for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) to take into account the importance of the genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA), their special role for food security and the distinctive features of the different subsectors of GRFA, whi...

This report summarizes the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in Africa based on information provided in country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. The Africa region has a diverse range of production systems, varying from small and mostly mixed systems to large-s...

Aquatic genetic resources play a crucial role in contributing to global food security and nutrition, as well as to sustainable livelihoods. However, in various international fora, FAO Members have highlighted the limitations and constraints that they face in assessing their national capacities to use, manage and conserve such resources as well as in identifying and...

This report summarizes the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region, based largely on information provided in eight country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. Asia is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, including in terms of biodiver...

Ces directives, conçues pour servir de référence pour l'élaboration d’un Plan national pour la conservation et l’utilisation durable des variétés des agriculteurs/variétés locales, contribueront à endiguer la perte constante de diversité. Elles seront donc utiles aux spécialistes du développement, aux chercheurs, aux étudiants et aux responsables politiques qui oeu...

Estas pautas servirán de referencia para preparar un Plan nacional para la conservación y la utilización sostenible de variedades de los agricultores/variedades locales, con el objetivo de frenar su continua pérdida de diversidad. Son una herramienta útil para los profesionales del desarrollo, investigadores, estudiantes y formuladores de políticas que trabajan en ...

The report summarizes the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region, based largely on information provided in nineteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. Europe and Central Asia is a vast region characterized by a great variety of cli...

The report summarizes the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region, based largely on information provided in fourteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. Most reporting countries indicated that a lack of information, data monitoring s...

The report summarizes the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region, based largely on information provided in ten country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. The region supports many diverse ecosystems and a high level of biodiversity. The ric...

The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. I...

The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. I...

In light of the critical role of conservation, sustainable use and development of aquatic genetic resources (AqGR) for the future supply of fish, this publication provides the first ever global assessment of AqGR. It presents a snapshot of the current status of AqGR, drawing on 92 reports from FAO member countries and five specially commissioned background studies,...