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Report of a Task Force on On-farm Conservation and
Management
Third Meeting,
2-3 October 2007,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
final report
(1.2MB PDF file)
Country reports
Workplan agreed in June 2006
Minimum descriptor list (Working document)
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Latest news
During the Eleventh Steering Committee meeting (Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2008) it was
recognized that the existing On-farm Conservation and Management Task Force has long-term
plans of action and therefore deserved the status of “Working Group". The Task Force was therefore
converted into WG.
The On-farm Conservation and
Management Task Force held its third meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 2-5 October 2007, together with a
Home gardens workshop.
See press release article:
Hope flourishes in home gardens.
Background information
What is a landrace?
“A landrace is a dynamic population(s) of a cultivated plant that has historical origin, distinct
identity and lacks formal crop improvement, as well as often being genetically diverse, locally
adapted and associated with traditional farming systems.”
(From: Camacho Villa, T.C., N. Maxted, M.A. Scholten and B.V. Ford-Lloyd. 2005. Defining and
identifying crop landraces. Plant genetic resources: characterization and utilization 3(3):373–384).
“A landrace of a seed-propagated crop can be defined as a variable population, which is
identifiable and usually has a local name. It lacks “formal” crop improvement, is
characterized by a specific adaptation to the environmental conditions of the area of
cultivation (tolerant to the biotic and abiotic stresses of that area) and is closely associated
with the traditional uses, knowledge, habits, dialects, and celebrations of the people who
developed and continue to grow it”.
(Proposed by V. Negri, combining several other definitions).
Activities
On-farm and in-garden conservation of landraces:
- Beans in Italy
Cowpea (‘fagiolina’) in the Trasimeno Lake area, Perugia, Umbria
[PDF file 253KB]
‘Fagiolo a pisello’ in the Turano lake area, Rieti, Lazio
[PDF file 308KB]
- Cabbage in Scotland
Shetland cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) in the Shetland islands, north of Scotland
[PDF file 4MB]
- Cereals in Nordic Countries [[to be provided]]
- Fodder beet in Germany
On-farm management
of fodder beets in Germany
[PDF file 411KB]
- Forages in Nordic Countries
Grindstad Timothy in the Nordic
Countries: Case on on-farm management of the local forage strain
[PDF file 113KB]
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Slovenia [[to be provided]]
- Solanaceae in Spain
Tomato varieties
‘Muchamiel’ and ‘De la pera’ from the Murcia-Alicante area, Spain
[PDF file 1MB]
- Vegetables in Switzerland [[to be provided]]
Methodologies for reintroduction and management of traditional varieties, involving farmers and local communities.
[[under construction]]
Directory of involved Institutions and NGOs
- Italy (preliminary list)
- Spain (preliminary list)
Bibliography
Listed by author's alphabetical order:
- Maxted Nigel, University of Birmingham,
United Kingdom
- Mendes Moreira Pedro Manuel Reis, Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
- Negri Valeria, University of Perugia, Italy
- Ruiz Martinez Juan José, University Miguel Hernandez, Spain
- Vögl Christian Reinhard, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria
- Vögl-Lukasser Brigitte, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria
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Contacts
On-farm Conservation and Management Working Group members
Documents
Network Related Publications
Seed legislation
[to be provided]
Meetings & Reports
Network related
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