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The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Costa Rica

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Title The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Costa Rica
 
Creator Estrada Garro F
Galluzzi, Gea
Elizondo Porras FY
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
genetic resources
 
Description One of the main considerations underlying the establishment of the International Treaty on
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and its Multilateral System of Access and
Benefit Sharing is the recognition of countries’ high interdependence on the genetic resources
of the crops and forages which they depend upon for their food security. A continued
appreciation of how countries have benefited from facilitated exchange of germplasm in the
past and are likely to continue doing so in the future is needed, in order to move forward the
implementation of the Multilateral System and creating a truly global pool of genetic
resources for countries’ agricultural development and adaptation to climate change. Using
Costa Rica as a case and rice and bean as key crops, the paper presents a picture of the
dynamics of their genetic resources, both inside and outside of the country, over past years
and into the future. It illustrates the extent to which Costa Rica is dependent upon germplasm
from other countries for its food security, and how, in a complementary manner, other
countries rely upon germplasm from Costa Rica. It is hoped that the information presented
here may encourage and facilitate the implementation of the International Treaty and its
Multilateral System in the country.
 
Date 2015-02-26
2016-02-26T10:44:05Z
2016-02-26T10:44:05Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Estrada Garro F, Galluzzi G, Elizondo Porras FY. 2015. The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Costa Rica. CCAFS Working Paper no. 153. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71223
FP4_GeneticDiversity
 
Language en
 
Relation CCAFS Working Paper
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf