Mainstreaming the continuum approach to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture through national strategy

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dc.creatorMba, C
dc.creatorGuimarães, Elcio Perpétuo
dc.creatorGuei, GR
dc.creatorHershey, Clair H.
dc.creatorPaganini, M.
dc.creatorPick, B
dc.creatorGhosh, K.
dc.date2012-04
dc.date2014-09-24T08:41:35Z
dc.date2014-09-24T08:41:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:45:07Z
dc.descriptionGlobal food security could be imperilled by the combined pressures from the effects of continually evolving climatic conditions, demographics and other socio-economic factors, the demands of the livestock, bioenergy and fibre industries for food-based substrates, the static or decreasing availability of natural resources for agriculture and the impracticality of increased use of economically and environmentally costly agricultural inputs. The optimal harnessing of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) in manners that translate their repertoire of hidden potentials into significantly enhanced crop productivities has been severally identified as crucial to achieving the required considerably significant increases in food production. The scope of the problems and the plausible means for addressing them compel the devising of novel and more efficient ways for deploying PGRFA in need-based crop improvement programmes. We posit a continuum approach to the management of PGRFA which links seamlessly the effective conservation and access to PGRFA through their use in developing superior and resilient crop varieties to the provision of their high-quality seeds and planting materials to the growers. To achieve the mainstreaming of this paradigm, we propose the institutionalization of overarching national PGRFA strategies that prescribe result-oriented action plans spanning above three components of the management of PGRFA for a country's priority crops. We also describe the strategy as a means for identifying and assigning responsibilities to critical stakeholders and providing for the governance of all aspects of PGRFA activities over specific time frames. Steps to developing and adopting a national PGRFA strategy are also suggested.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/43072
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/87399
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceChikelu Mba, Elcio P. Guimaraes, Gouantoueu R. Guei, Clair Hershey, Michela Paganini, Barbara Pick and Kakoli Ghosh (2012). Mainstreaming the continuum approach to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture through national strategy. Plant Genetic Resources, 10, pp 24-37. doi:10.1017/S1479262111000943.
dc.subjectplant genetic resources
dc.subjectresource conservation
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectplant breeding
dc.subjectpublic research
dc.subjectresearch policies
dc.subjectrecursos genéticos vegetales
dc.subjectconservación de los recursos
dc.subjectseguridad alimentaria
dc.subjectfitomejoramiento
dc.subjectinvestigación oficial
dc.subjectpolítica de investigación
dc.titleMainstreaming the continuum approach to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture through national strategy
dc.typeJournal Article

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