Conserving Crop Diversity Forever презентация

climate change

We need to find game changers

2ºC is potentially catastrophic
New diseases as a consequence of a changing weather

We need to make crops climate ready

and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

2.5:  by 2020 maintain genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as internationally agreed




Crop diversity is a prerequisite for food security

of finger millet
3,000 varieties of coconut

All are important because one might have the trait to increase nutritious value, fight disease, adapt to new climates, or produce higher yields

today
China: lost 90% of rice varieties since 1950
Mexico: lost 80% of corn varieties since 1900
India: lost 90% of rice varieties since 1900
USA: lost 90% of fruit and vegetable varieties since 1900

Genetic uniformity creates vulnerability – resilience require options – options require diversity

diversity for food security
worldwide

material

of crop diversity

Picture: Neil Palmer/CIAT

safety
back-up

84 institutes

in 71 countries

12 000 varieties lost
-we were too late
-lost forever

the gene pool to search for useful traits

trove for crop improvement

information (disease, drought, nutrition, storage, yield), speed up breeding processes, make plants more resilient/climate ready and contribute substantially to food security

accessions
Lots of genebank databases, not all online
Characterization and evaluation data linked to accessions not easily available
Let alone genotypic data
Like finding a needle in a haystack

million accessions
300 genebanks: US, Europe, CGIAR
Passport data
Some morphological characterization and evaluation data

Not enough...

Mexico)
120,000 wheat; 27,500 maize
3,000 rice accessions (BGI, CAAS, IRRI)
then 100,000 (whole collection)
Cassava collection (CIAT, Colombia)
National initiatives
Lots more no doubt coming...

Stakeholders and partners

CWR

CWR

CWR

CWR

CWR

and nutritional security

Provide a common platform for sharing information and learning from each other

germplasm
simple, standardized formats and associated analysis tools
data shared according to agreed common standards and in form easily digestible by breeders and other genebank users

unified, coordinated and cohesive information management platform to provide easy access to genotypic and phenotypic data associated with genebank germplasm.

Third Meeting of G20 Agricultural Chief Scientists

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2014

2018

$500 M

2015

2018

endowment funding -- among them:

Australia, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

by Crop Trust
White Paper: Strategic road-map (see www.divseek.org)
Expressions of interest are to be circulated
Development of governance structure
Establishment of technical working group on standard setting and best practices
Facilitation Unit hosted by Crop Trust - joint implementation with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture with inputs by CGIAR consortium office and the Global Plant Council