Action Plan to Strengthen Conservation and Use of PGRFA M. Ramirez, Regional Director, Americas Office June 16-20, 2014
Aug 23, 2014
Action Plan to Strengthen Conservation and Use of PGRFAM. Ramirez, Regional Director, Americas OfficeJune 16-20, 2014
Why?
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- Severe climatic events: Mesoamerica is highly vulnerable to climate change
- Interdependence: adaptation of agriculture to new climates will need materials found beyond national frontiers
- Opportunities: native PGRFA represent present and future options for access to adapted seeds; within framework of the International Treaty
What?
What is the SAPM?• A roadmap to strengthen the conservation
and use of native plant genetic resources of Mesoamerica strategic for the adaptation of agriculture to climate change.
• Focused on 10 Mesoamerican crops important for local and global food security, with potential to generate income.
• Developed through a systematic analysis of relevant information + broad consultation with regional stakeholders resulting in the identification of a key set of activities (87) to be implemented in the next decade.
How?
Diagnostic assessment and Gap analysis
Conservatio
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• Data quality• Impact of CC on potential
distribution of study species • Gaps in colllection• Identifying promising material • In Situ Conservation• State of genebanks and
germplasm collections
Use• Seed systems • Plant breeding• Use of climate information
Institution
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• National and regional legislation in Biodiversity and PGRFAA
• Mechanisms of dissemination of varieties and seeds
• SAN, CC, Disaster response • Training
Climate Change
Focus genepools
• Baseline study focused on 10 genepools considered representative for agriculture in Mesoamerica: 26 crop species and >350 CWR
• Zea, Phaseolus, Manihot, Ipomoea, Cucurbita, Amaranthus, Capsicum, Carica, Persea, Tripsacum
• Section based on:-Crop types: grains, tubers, horticultural, trees, fodder-Treaty annex and non-annex -Regional priority crops-Important for food security, diets and income generation
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Participatory and consultative process
144 farmers 17 national genebanks (>70% of all known)3 meetings: >100 representatives of >40 institutions
Outputs
Six thematic components
Institutional genebanks
(National, private, experimental stations, universities…)
Community seedbanks
Regional genebanks
CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP…
International Genebanks
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Someoutcomes
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• Political engagement: adopted by Ministers of Agriculture through Central American Agricultural Council (CAC)
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA): plan to guide activities + political follow-up
• Several single and multi-country initiatives inside and outside Latin America
• reform national seed legislation of Guatemala, collection missions to fill gaps
• national committee on PGRFA of Honduras use as roadmap
• Countries in Asia, Africa and South-America, FAO commision PGRFA: use plan as guide
• International Treaty: priority funding for activities implementing plan
Thank you