Seminar on the Role of Plant Breeding and Plant Variety Protection in Enabling Agriculture to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change.

Seminar on the Role of Plant Breeding and Plant Variety Protection in Enabling Agriculture to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change.

Book

484 pages ; 30 cm.

9789280534344

Climate change is increasingly affecting everyone around the world: farmers, breeders and consumers. Effects are biotic (new pests and diseases) and abiotic (heat, drought, rain, seasonal changes). A range of strategies is needed to respond to the challenges. Plant breeding has a vital role to play in these strategies; farmers need new plant varieties to adapt to climate change but also to sustainably increase productivity in order to minimize climate change. Plant breeding is a long-term process that requires long-term investment from public institutions and from private companies. Plant breeders need a regulatory environment that promotes innovation and supports the conservation and utilization of genetic resources. The UPOV system enables plant breeders to provide farmers with the varieties they will need to feed the world in the face of climate change.

UPOV Publication ; no. 364 EN.

Geneva, Switzerland : International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, 2024.

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