Author Description

The convention on biological diversity; Conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources; Recensement, identification et répartition biogéographique des espèces alimentaires couramment employées dans l'agriculture traditionnelle en Afrique de l'Ouest; Conservation of plant genetic resources in sub-saharan Africa; Le devenir des cultures traditionnelles en Afrique: le cas de l'igname (Dioscorea); Rice biodiversity conservation and plant improvement in Sierra Leone; Ex situ conservation of African crop germplasm; Potential for agronomic improvement of indigenous plant germplasm in African agriculture: a case study of indigenous vegetables in Kenya; Local management and use of plant genetic resources; Seed diffusion and utilization mechanisms: lessons for Africa; The role of farmers in the domestication, maintenance and use of traditional crops; The role of ethnobotany and customary knowledge in the conservation and use of plants; The role of traditional knowledge in germplasm collecting; The role of NGOs in the conservation and increased use of landraces, or the farmer first; Technical issues in the conservation of landraces; Training for conservation and use of genetic resources; The development of dynamic conservation measures for indigenous Crop landraces: limitations imposed by the hegmony of western science; L'impact des nouvelles technologies sur la conservation et l'utilization des germoplasmes vegetaux; Information management in on farm conservation; Information management for Ex situ genebanks; Opportunities and consideration for collaboration between formal and informal systems.