Present Status of Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation In Nepal.
- It includes strategies and initiatives for biodiversity conservation.
- Participatory Plant breeding (PPB):
- It includes cooperation among farmers and breeders for a breeding program.
- Steps include:
a) Selection
b) Adoption
c) Variety release
d) Production of certified seed
- Conventional plant breeding programs includes:
a) Selection
b) Variety release
c) Production of certified seed
d) Adoption
- Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS):
- Offers farmers the choice for selection of crop varieties matched to their needs.
- Steps include:
a) Situation analysis and identifying farmers’ needs.
b) Search for suitable varieties
c) Experimentation of on-farm research.
3. Community seed banks:
- Conservation of endangered and rare crop varieties in society and their utilization.
- Steps include:
a) Formation of communities
b) Rule and mechanism for seed collection and quality control.
c) Construction through local varieties
d) Collection of seeds.
e) Distribution of seed.
- Biodiversity prospecting:
- Discovering and commercializing new products based on biological resources.
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Agrotourism |
Ecotourism |
Agroecotourism |
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A business that links agriculture with tourism. |
Travel to national reserves that conserve the environment and improve local people’s well-being. |
Travel to rural farming communities to protect them using ecofriendly agricultural practices. |
- Cross-sectional strategies:
a) Landscape planning approach:
- Merging ecosystem thinking.
- Attention to markets for environmental services.
b) Integrating local participation:
c) Institutional strengthening:
d) Insitu conservation:
e) Strengthening national biodiversity research and conservation.
f) Increasing support for biodiversity research and conservation
g) Endorsing local knowledge and innovation.
h) Coordination and implementation policies.
i) Enhancing national capacity
j) Exsitu conservation and biotechnology
k) Securing IPR and FR.
