THE SECOND REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Title | THE SECOND REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE PDF eBook |
Author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | 606 |
Release | 2018-06-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9251088209 |
Animal genetic resource diversity underpins the supply livestock products and services across a wide range of production environments. It promotes resilience and serves as a basis for adapting livestock management to changing conditions. It is vital to livelihoods of many of the world’s poor people. It can contribute to the delivery of ecosystem services such as landscape management and the maintenance of wildlife habitats. However, it is often undervalued, underused and under threat. This report updates the global assessment provided in the first report on The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, published in 2007. It focuses particularly on changes that have occurred during the period since the first report was published. It serves as a basis for a review, and potential update, of the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, which since 2007 has provided an agreed international framework for the management of livestock biodiversity. Drawing on 129 country reports, it presents an analysis of the state of livestock diversity, the influence of livestock-sector trends on the management of animal genetic resources, the state of capacity to manage animal genetic resources, including legal and policy frameworks, and the state of the art in tools and methods for characterization, valuation, use, development and conservation.
Utilisation and conservation of farm animal genetic resources
Title | Utilisation and conservation of farm animal genetic resources PDF eBook |
Author | Kor Oldenbroek |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2023-08-28 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9086865925 |
"The genetic diversity comprised in farm animal species and breeds is an important resource in livestock systems. For several reasons, within the different species used for food production, only a few breeds are developed towards high-output breeds fitting in high-input systems. In this process many breeds are set aside from the food producing livestock systems. These breeds will be faced with extinction unless new functions for these breeds are found. This is a real threat for the genetic diversity within species. This book is intended to give insight into the issues of the utilisation and conservation of farm animal genetic resources towards a broad group of readers interested in these subjects. The insight is presented as applications of population, molecular and quantitative genetics that can be used to take appropriate decisions in utilisation and conservation programmes. A previous edition of this book is a key resource in courses worldwide and cited in many scientific publications. The first two chapters discuss the decisions to be made in utilisation and conservation. Chapter 3 surveys the different ways in which the diversity we observe within a species can be characterised. Chapter 4 illustrates recent results using this theory for utilisation and conservation purposes. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 give theoretical backgrounds necessary to make decisions and chapters 8 and 9 present the operation and practical implications of selection and conservation schemes."
Animal Genetic Resources Information
Title | Animal Genetic Resources Information PDF eBook |
Author | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 126 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | |
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Farm Animal Genetic Resources
Title | Farm Animal Genetic Resources PDF eBook |
Author | Geoff Simm |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 345 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1897676158 |
This book provides an overview of developments in the conservation and sustainable utilisation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources. It is based on presentations given at a conference on this subject co-organised by the British Society of Animal Science, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and the Sheep Trust.
Animal genetic resources information, 4
Title | Animal genetic resources information, 4 PDF eBook |
Author | Food |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Animal Genetic Resources Information
Title | Animal Genetic Resources Information PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Germplasm resources, Animal |
ISBN |
The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture-- in Brief
Title | The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture-- in Brief PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Rischkowsky |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Total Pages | 44 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9789251057636 |
This "in brief" version, intended for use by decision-makers and the wider public, presents a summary of the key findings of the main report (see above). Part 1 outlines the state of agricultural biodiversity in the livestock sector. Part 2 considers the livestock production systems of which animal genetic resources form a part. Part 3 - largely based on the 148 Country reports - is an assessment of institutional and human capacity in the field of animal genetic resources management. Part 4 presents the state of the art in terms of the methods available for the management of animal genetic resources. As well as providing a technical reference document, the country-based preparation of The State of the World" has led to a process of policy development and a Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, which once adopted, will provide an agenda for action by the international community.