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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources

… 97 6.2.1 The complexity of the livestock sector … and implementation of legislation relevant to the livestock sector and agriculture at the national level, as … and communities. Given the major role played by local farming communities in conserving AnGR, those communities …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… traditionally kept drought resistant breeds of indigenous livestock. Non-indigenous breeds introduced by a government … of either indigenous plants or indigenous breeds of livestock and/or wildlife, with details of those natural … 9. Supra note 4. 10. Supra note 2. Conservation farming: Through Gunis’ knowledge, some of our community …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… agrobi- odiversity – always keeping in focus the needs of farming communities, the poor and the hungry, and their right … long-term. Broadening the genetic base of crop, trees and livestock, and genetic improvement and diversification are … Previously existing as two 1973 Nairobi, Kenya Livestock Research Institute* institutions: ILCA – …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… long-term. Broadening the genetic base of crops, trees and livestock, genetic improvement and diversification are … exist outside these regions; • Many economically important farming systems are based on crop species in- troduced from … and training to improve the productivity of crop and livestock systems in West Asia and North Africa including the …
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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture

… are privately held, in particular in sectors such as the livestock sector, ABS measures need to be clear as to whether … and reproduction of plant genetic resources by a farmer or farming community based on phenotypic traits and not … genetic methods, qualify as “utilization”. Similarly, fish farming while serving the purpose of producing fish for human …
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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance

… use of biodiversity, including their leading role in farming and forest conservation, as well as in the … work away from their lands and resources, women’s role in farming and in the management of family and community … responsible for the management and reproduction of small livestock.7 Despite the availability of much information, …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… and Botswana, the majority of rural people practice livestock farming and subsistence agriculture. Often, land that is … mals long distances to find water and grass, and managing livestock as mobile, flexible assets that can provide multi- …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… contracts, are coverage, enforcement and provisions for farming communities. 1.4.1.1 Coverage From the ABS … training, and ensure that the PRODUCTEUR performs to the farming and technical standards envisaged by present contract … resistance and develop new and improved crop variations or livestock breeds. 192 producing chemical structures that …
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