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The centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) maintain 11 gene banks for the ex situ (away from the source) storage of seeds for particular classes of crops. This book reports on economic studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in collaboration with five CGIAR centers around the world and discusses their implications. The book will be of interest to those working in crop conservation, plant breeding and genetics, and agricultural economics and policy. It is distributed in the US by Oxford University Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The conservation of genetic resources is vital to the maintenance of biodiversity and to the world’s ability to feed its growing population. There are now more than 1,000 genebanks worldwide involved in the ex situ (meaning “away from the source”) storage of particular classes of crops. Since the 1970s, the 11 genebanks maintained by the centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) have become pivotal to the global conservation effort. However, key policy and management issues – usually with economic dimensions – have largely been overlooked.<br><br>This provided the impetus for a series of detailed economic studies, led by IFPRI, in collaboration with five CGIAR centres: CIAT (based in Colombia), CIMMYT (Mexico), ICARDA (Syria), ICRISAT (India) and IRRI (Philippines). This book reports these studies and discusses their wider implications.<br>
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