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SGRP has been involved in, developed or funded the following publications:

Crop

SGRP. 2008. Policy brief: The scope of access and benefit-sharing under the International Treaty. SGRP. Rome, Italy. 2 pp. Download in PDF (125KB)

Debouck D.G. 2008. Experiencias con los recursos genéticos de frijol y yuca en CIAT. (abstract) P. 159 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

López Noriega I. 2008. Situación actual y futura de las políticas internacionales y su impacto sobre la conservación y aprovechamiento de los recursos genéticos. (abstract) P. 161 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Ramirez M., López Noriega I. 2008. Los recursos genéticos para la agricultura y la alimentación – de done venimos y a donde vamos. (abstract) P. 13 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Taba S. 2008. El manejo y aprovechamiento del acervo genético del maíz en CIMMYT. (abstract) P. 158 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Taba S., Chavez-Tovar V. 2008. Pre-mejoramiento de germoplasma de maíz de pooles genéticos para mejoramiento participativo y conservación in-situ de razas de maíz en América latina. (abstract) P. 196 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Tay D. 2008. CBD y el programa de conservación y uso de recursos genéticos de plantas. (abstract) P. 137 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Tay D. 2008. El programa de recursos genéticos en el CIP: experiencias y desafíos en el banco de materiales clonales más grande del mundo. (abstract) P. 160 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Williams, DE. 2008. El papel del CGIAR en la conservación y uso de los recursos genéticos como bienes públicos globales. (abstract) P. 157 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

Williams, DE. 2008. Las oportunidades de la interdependencia: acervos genéticos complementarios entre Norteamérica y los países andinos. (abstract) P. 141 In: Memorias del 13º Congreso Latinoamericana de Genética, Mayo 2008, Lima. 407 pp.

SGRP. 2007. A de facto certificate of source: the Standard Material Transfer Agreement under the International Treaty. System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (149KB)

SGRP. 2007. Guide for the CGIAR Centres’ Use of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement. Bioversity International. Rome, Italy. 65 pp. Download in PDF (1.25MB)

Sadiki, M, DI Jarvis, D Rijal, J Bajracharya, NN Hue, TC Camacho-Villa, LA Burgos-May, M Sawadogo, D Balma, D Lope, L Arias, I Mar, D Karamura, D Williams, JL Chavez-Servia, B Sthapit, and VR Rao.  2007.  Variety names: An entry point to crop genetic diversity and distribution in agroecosystems?  Pp. 34-76 In: DI Jarvis, C Padoch, and HD Cooper (eds.), Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems. Bioversity International and Columbia University Press, New York. 492 pp. Book available for purchase here.

SGRP. 2006. Upgrading the CGIAR Genebanks – Securing Global Public Goods for today and Tomorrow. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. 4 pp. Download in PDF (1.2MB)

SGRP. 2006. Building a global conservation system. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. 4 pp. Download in PDF (large file - 9MB)

 

CGIAR. 2006. Safeguarding the World's Agricultural Legacy. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington DC, USA. September 2006. 12 pp. Download in PDF (713KB)

 

CGIAR. 2006. Genebanks in the CGIAR: Bolstering World Food Security [online]. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington DC, USA.  November 2006.
http://www.cgiar.org/monthlystory/november2006.html

 

CGIAR. 2006. The CGIAR Genebanks: Seeds for Life [online]. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington DC, USA.  July/August 2006.
http://www.cgiar.org/monthlystory/july2006.html

 

SGRP, 2006. Annotated bibliography: Addressing the international pedigrees and flows of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (167KB)

 

SGRP, 2006. Policy Brief: Developing access and benefit-sharing regimes. Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (623KB)

Williams, DE. 2006. Total makeover for crop diversity conservation in Peru. Geneflow 2006:11-12. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. Online article here.

Reed, B.F., Engelmann, F., Dulloo, M.E., and J.M.M. Engels. 2004. Technical guidelines for the management of field and in vitro germplasm collections (Handbooks for Genebanks No. 7). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (505KB)

 

de Vicente, M.C. (ed.) 2004. The Evolving Role of Genebanks in the Fast-Developing Field of Molecular Genetics. Issues in Genetic Resources No. 11. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (468KB)

 

Bragdon S. (ed.). 2004. International Law of Relevance to Plant Genetic Resources: A practical review for scientists and other professionals working with plant genetic resources. Issues in Genetic Resources No. 10, March, 2004. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (882KB)

 

Bonwoo Koo, Philip G. Pardey, Brian D. Wright and others. 2004. Saving Seeds: The Economics of Conserving Crop Genetic Resources Ex Situ in the Future Harvest Centres of the CGIAR.  IFPRI - SGRP and CABI Publishing 2004. 232 pages. Read Table of Contents and chapters in PDF format
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/Publications/1013/default.asp

 

Fowler, C. Engels, J. and Frison, E. (compilers). 2004. The Question of Derivatives: Promoting use and ensuring availability of non-proprietary plant genetic resources. Issues in Genetic Resources No. 12, September 2004. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

Fowler, C. Hawtin, G., Ortiz, R., Iwanaga, M., and J. Engels. The Question of Derivatives: Promoting Use and Ensuring Availability of Plant Genetic Resources. Journal of World Intellectual Property. Vol. 7, No. 5. (2004).

 

Fowler, C. 2004. Diversity and Protectionism – Use of genebanks: trends and interpretations. Lecture from Symposium on Food Security and Biodiversity: Sharing the Benefit of Plant Genetic Resources, 16 October 2003. In World Food Day 2004: Biodiversity for Food Security. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, Switzerland.  p. 49-59.

 

Fowler, C. 2004. The Status of Public and Proprietary Germplasm and Information. Intellectual Property Strategy Today. (No. 7, 2003); reprinted in The ICFAI Journal of Intellectual Property Rights, Vol. III, No. 2 (Hyderabad, May 2004).

 

Fowler, C. 2004. Accessing Genetic Resources: International Law Establishes Multilateral System. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. (2004) 51: 609-620.

 

Fowler, C. Regime Change: Plant Genetic Resources in International Law. Outlook on Agriculture. Vol. 33, No. 1. (2004).

 

IPGRI. 2004. Biodiversity for breeding [poster]. Poster developed for the Seventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP7), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9-20 February 2004. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

Fowler, Cary, Smale, M. and Gaiji, S. 2003. The Demand for Crop Genetic Resources from International Collections. [Brief 12]. In Research at a Glance: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Policies. What is a Genebank Worth? (ed. Melinda Smale and Bonwoo Koo). IFPRI, IPGRI and SGRP. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA. Download in PDF (731KB)

 

Engels, J.M.M. and Visser, L. (eds). 2003. A guide to effective management of germplasm collections. IPGRI Handbooks for Genebanks No. 6. IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

 

Fowler, C., Moore, G. and Hawtin, G.C. 2003. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: A Primer for the Future Harvest Centres of the CGIAR. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (248KB)

 

Koo, Bonwoo, Pardey, Philip G., and Wright, Brian D. 2003. Conserving genetic resources for agriculture: counting the cost. Research at a Glance [Brief]. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA, 6 pages. Download in PDF (630KB)

 

Hodgkin, Toby, Rao, V. Ramanatha, Cibrian-Jaramillo, Angélica, Gaiji, Samy. 2003. The use of ex situ conserved plant genetic resources. Plant Genetic Resources 1(1); 19-29. National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, UK.

 

Koo, Bonwoo, Pardey, Philip G., and Wright, Brian D. 2003. The economic costs of conserving genetic resources at the CGIAR Centres. Agricultural Economics 29 (2003) pp 287-297. Available in PDF format here.

 

Koo, Bonwoo, Philip Pardey and Brian Wright. 2003. The price of agricultural biodiversity. Nature Biotechnology 21(2):126-128 (February 2003). Available in PDF format here.

 

Koo, Bonwoo, Pardey, Philip G., and Wright, Brian D. 2002. Endowing Future Harvests: The Long-Term Costs of Conserving Genetic Resources at the CGIAR Centres. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (232KB)

 

Ninnes, Peter, Payne, T. and Lawrence, J. 2002. SINGER is music to crop scientists. Partners in Research for Development 15:41-44 (May 2002), Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Canberra, Australia. Available in PDF format here.

 

Ongsansoy, Hans and Jim Romahn. 2002. Efficient Exchange. Germination 6(5):23-25 (November 2002). Available in PDF Format here.

 

Report of the Workshop "Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding" co-sponsored by the CGIAR System-wide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis in Technology Development and Institutional Innovation and the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (held at IPGRI Headquarters, Maccarese, Rome, 30 Sept - 4 Oct 2002) - Download in PDF (438KB)

 

Sackville Hamilton, N.R., J.M.M. Engels, Th.J.L. van Hintum, B. Koo and M. Smale. 2002. Accession management. Combining or splitting accessions as a tool to improve germplasm management efficiency. IPGRI Technical Bulletin No. 5. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (723KB)

 

SGRP. 2002. System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources [Brochure]. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (1.2MB)

 

SINGER Fact Sheet (2002) - Download in PDF (18.7MB)

 

Fowler, C., M. Smale and S. Gaiji, 2001. Unequal Exchange? Recent Transfers of Agricultural Resources and their Implications for Developing Countries. Development Policy Review, Vol. 19, No. 2. Available in PDF format here.

 

Philip G. Pardey, Bonwoo Koo, Brian D. Wright, M. Eric Van Dusen, Bent Skovmand, and Suketoshi Taba. 2001. Costing the conservation of genetic resources: CIMMYT's Ex Situ maize and wheat collection.  Crop Sci 41(4):1286-1299. Available in PDF format here.

 

Fowler, Cary, Smale, M. and Gaiji, S., 2000. Germplasm Flows Between Developing Countries and the CGIAR: An Initial Assessment. GFAR-2000, April 2000, Dresden, Germany. 24 pages. Global Forum on Agricultural Research, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (64KB)

 

Engelmann, Florent and Hiroko Takagi, editors. 2000. Cryopreservation of tropical plant germplasm. Current research progress and application. Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan / International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

Engelmann, Florent (editor). 1999. Management of Field and In Vitro Germplasm Collections. Proceedings of a Consultation Meeting, 15-20 January 1996, CIAT, Cali, Colombia. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

Pardey, Philip G., Bonwoo Koo, Brian D. Wright, M. Eric Van Dusen, Bent Skovmand, and Suketoshi Taba. October 1999. Costing the Ex Situ Conservation of Genetic Resources: Maize and Wheat at CIMMYT. EPTD Discussion Paper No. 52, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., USA. Download in PDF (359KB)

 

Engels, J.M.M. and R. Ramanatha Rao, editors. 1998. Regeneration of Seed Crops and their Wild Relatives. Proceedings of a Consultation Meeting, 4-7 December 1995, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome Italy. Download in PDF (1.7MB)

 

Fuccillo, D., L. Sears and P. Stapleton. 1997. Biodiversity in Trust. Conservation and use of plant genetic resources in CGIAR Centres. Cambridge University Press, UK.

 

Sackville Hamilton, R. and K.L. Chorlton. 1997. Regeneration of Accessions in Seed Collections: a Decision Guide. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

SGRP. 1997. Report of the Internally Commissioned External Review of the CGIAR Genebank Operations. Annex: Centres' responses to the external review. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

SGRP. 1997. System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER) CD-ROM Set. Version 1.0. CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

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Livestock

 

Gibson J, Gamage S, Hanotte O, et al. 2006. Options and Strategies for the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources: Report of an International Workshop (7-10 November 2005, Montpellier, France). CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP)/Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. 53 pp. Download in PDF (1.1MB)

 

SGRP. 2006. Options and Strategies for the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources: Report of an International Workshop and Presented Papers (7-10 November 2005, Montpellier, France) [CD-ROM]. CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP)/Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (890KB)

 

SGRP and FAO, 2006. Flier - Options and Strategies for the Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources. Outcomes of a workshop held 7-10 November 2005, AGROPOLIS, Montpellier, France.  Download in PDF (410KB)

 

SGRP, 2006. Policy Brief - Farm animal genetic resources: technical considerations for policy-makers concerning conservation and use. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (178KB)

 

Iñiguez, Luis (ed.). 2005. Characterization of Small Ruminant Breeds in West Asia and North Africa, Vol. 1. West Asia. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria.

 

Iñiguez, Luis (ed.). 2005. Characterization of Small Ruminant Breeds in West Asia and North Africa, Vol. 2. North Africa. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria.

 

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Cross-sectoral and other sectors

Bioversity International and SGRP. 2008. Recent policy contributions concerning access and benedit sharing and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Bioversity International. SGRP. Rome, Italy. 4 pp. Download in PDF (465KB)

Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research. 2006. Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research. Bioversity International and the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), Rome, Italy. 6 pp. Download in PDF (367KB)

 

Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research. 2006. Summary Report of the First International Stakeholder Meeting, Rome, Italy, 29-31 May 2006. Bioversity International and the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), Rome, Italy. 12 pp. Download in PDF(457KB)

 

Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research. 2006. A Global Platform for Agricultural Biodiversity Research. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. 2 pp. Download in PDF (875KB)

 

IPGRI. 2005. Safeguarding diversity; Restoring and distributing diversity; Fighting poverty and malnutrition with diversity; Protecting wildlife diversity; An innovative approach to income diversification; The CGIAR. Six-part poster set prepared for the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP8). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (7.5MB)

 

Bragdon, S., Fowler, C. and França, Z., and Goldberg, E. (eds). 2005.  Law and Policy of Relevance to the Management of Plant Genetic Resources. Learning Module with Review of Regional Policy Instruments, Developments and Trends. 2nd Edition. Produced by the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IPGRI, Rome, Italy. Publication available here.

 

IFPRI, ILRI and IPGRI for SGRP. 2005. ECOGENLIT: economics literature on crop and livestock genetic resources (CD ROM). Washington, DC: Published for the CGIAR System-wide-Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI). To access ECOGENLIT, click here.

 

Drucker, Adam G., Smale, M., Zambrano, P. 2005. Valuation and Sustainable Management of Crop and Livestock Biodiversity: A Review of Applied Economics Literature. Download in PDF (480KB)

 

IPGRI/SGRP. 2004. Managing agricultural biodiversity for sustainable development: A research agenda to strengthen the knowledge base [Flier]. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute and CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme, Rome, Italy.

 

Bragdon, S., Fowler, C. and França Z. (eds). SGRP, IPGRI and ISNAR. 2003.  Law and Policy of Relevance to the Management of Plant Genetic Resources. Learning Module. International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, The Netherlands.

To access the learning module follow the steps in the instructions below:
1) Click here to download the compressed file (Attention: 30.2MB zipped file can take several minutes to download) .

2) Unzip the downloaded file to a location on your computer.

3) Open the unzipped folder called "PolicyModule1stEd" and run the "autorun.EXE" file.

 

Genetic Resources Management in Ecosystems, Report of a workshop held at CIFOR in Bogor, Indonesia, 27-29 June 2000. Published in April 2001 by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) for SGRP - PDF Format (1.2MB)

 

Pullin, R.S.V. and C.V. Casal, Editors. 1996. Consultation on Fish Genetic Resources. ICLARM Conf. Proc. 51, 61 p. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Makati City, Philippines.

 

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Annual reports and Programme documents

 

SGRP. 2007. Annual Report 2006 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (970KB)

 

SGRP. 2006. Annual Report 2004/2005 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (1.4MB)

 

SGRP. 2004.  Annual Report 2003 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (1.4MB)

 

SGRP. 2003.  Annual Report 2002 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (331KB)

 

SGRP. 2001.  Annual Report 2000 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (453KB)

 

SGRP. 2000.  Annual Report 1999 of the CGIAR System-

wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.  Download in PDF (692KB)

 

SGRP. 1999.  Annual Report 1998 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (5,1MB)

 

SGRP. 1999. The Strategy of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP).  International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. Download in PDF (518KB)

 

SGRP. 1998.  Annual Report 1997 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

SGRP. 1997. Annual Report 1996 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

 

SGRP. 1996. Annual Report 1995 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

SGRP. 1996. Report of the Internally Commissioned External Review of the CGIAR Genebank Operations. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy.

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