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FAO publishes voluntary guidelines to assure resilience to crop loss

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FnBNews.com (India)

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2019-11-15

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently published new guidelines aimed at assuring crop diversity and farmers’ resilience to plant genetic resource loss. Called the Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers’ Varieties/Landraces, they are a valuable aid to countries in developing national plans to conserve these critical crop resources.

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http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/fao-publishes-voluntary-guidelines-to-assure-resilience-to-crop-loss-52274