01/01/1988 This IBPGR descriptor list for papaya was prepared in consultation with a number of experts on the crop, the major contributors beingDr. PJ Ito of the University of Hawaii, and Dr T Badra, formerly of the National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria. 34 pages, illustrated
01/01/1990 The descriptor list given here provides an international format and thereby produces a universally understood 'language' for all plant genetic resources data.
An International Perspective Proceedings of a Symposium / Sponsored by Divisions C-1, C-4, and A-6 of the Crop Science Society of America in Washington, DC, 14-19 Aug.1983 The information contained herein, gleaned from many years experience under a wide variety of geographic and political...
IPGRI has four main elements in its work on plant genetic resources:strengthening national programmes, contributing to international collaboration, improving strategies and technologies for conservation, providing an internaional information serivce.
01/01/1998 The first section of this note focuses in on a new technology, called the ‘technology protection system’ by its developers and ‘terminator technology’ by its opponents. This technology illustrates the potential for patents to impact society at the fundamental level of food production. The...
The CGIAR (Link ) is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. Their mission is to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related...
20/10/2001 In late January of this year [2001], two private companies announced that they have mapped the entire genome (i.e. all of the genes) of the rice variety ‘NIPPON barre.’