Saving seeds : the economics of conserving crop genetic resources ex situ in the future harvest centres of the CGIAR /

• Main Authors: Koo, Bonwoo, (Author), Pardey, Philip G., (Author), Wright, Brian, 1948 January 1- (Author), Bramel-Cox, P. J., (Author), Debouck, Daniel G., (Author), Van Dusen, M. Eric, (Author), Jackson, Michael T., (Author), Kameswara Rao, N. (Author), Skovmand, B. (Author), Taba, Suketoshi, (Author), Valkoun, Jan, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.; Crops > Germplasm resources.; Gene banks, Plant.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Biological Resources (Plant); Agricultural economics.; Agricultural policy.; CGIAR.; CIMMYT.; Conservation.; Costs.; Gene banks.; Germplasm.; Germplasm exchange.; ICARDA.; ICRISAT.; International organizations.; IRRI.; Plant genetic resources.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 207 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
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This book provides details of the economic studies, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the 5 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centres, namely CIAT (based in Colombia), CIMMYT (Mexico), ICARDA (Syria), ICRISAT (India) and IRRI (Philippines), on the costs of the conservation, use and distribution of germplasm in ex situ gene banks, and discusses their policy and management implications. It represents invaluable research of interest to those working in crop conservation, plant breeding and genetics, as well as agricultural economics and policy.