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Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… as agricultural inputs increases in both financial and environmental terms. This suggests that the role of crop … will therefore have to aim at improving economic and environmental sustainability by developing crop varieties … crops in order to find natural resistances to diseases or environmental catastrophes. One such an example is the Irish …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… crop is uniformly susceptible to a given pest, pathogen or environmental hazard. Genetic uniformity creates a potential … increased population, poverty, land degradation and environmental change (including climate change).19 17 FAO … farming systems are more resistant to pests, diseases and environmental stresses. l Many farmers, especially …