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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… 1 500 varieties of potatoes (for example with frost or drought resistance). This is also the area that is home to … but are known to be adapted to adverse cold, heat and drought conditions. This gives them the opportunity to play … which involves evaluations and results of tolerance to drought, cold and heat. The initial work was conducted …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… Asia.6 A chickpea cultivar with wild genes conferring drought and heat tolerance yields about 40 percent more than … that are affected by the environment, such as disease or drought resistance.13 Evaluation is carried out through … by incorporating desirable traits, such as high yields and drought resistance, from different parent varieties. Often, …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, June … hub on issues such as fisheries, navigation, flood and drought management, environment monitoring and hydropower … a Basin Plan for managing the basin. The Millennium Drought in the 2000s exposed the limits and weaknesses of how …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… 35 of areas, particularly in Africa, affected by drought and desertification, as well as floods’.36 Drought and desertification is also covered in the … Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… The development of varieties with greater tolerance to drought, flooding and extreme temperatures, as well as Key … new varieties in terms of productivity, pest resistance, drought tolerance and other desirable traits. Meeting such … previously found in a given plant – such as resistance to drought – have been bred in. Any individual crop variety is …