| Abstract |
The objectives of the study are to:
• share the findings of the action research and identify agenda for follow-up action
• identify the best practices in the world for providing market and non-market based incentives for on-farm conservation and augmentation
• explore the policy and procedural changes required at various levels to encourage crop varietal diversity in farmers’ fields
• explore opportunities for dissemination of existing traditional as well as new varieties developed by farmers
• create an international knowledge network and an informal alliance among industrialists, policy makers, researchers, and others committed to the cause of conservation, augmentation, and innovations.
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