KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Malaysia has made significant strides in safeguarding agricultural biodiversity by participating in the ten-year Biodiversity for Opportunities,...
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“Our goal is to enhance and sustain this global system for the benefit of present and future generations, exemplified by our partnerships with organisations like Mardi.
Out of these submissions, he said 42 institutions from 30 countries, including Mardi in Malaysia, were selected to participate in the two- to three-year efforts. By maintaining a diverse array of crop varieties, including wild relatives historically viewed as pests, he said the project seeks resilience in agriculture against climate-induced challenges such as droughts, floods, salinity, frost and pests.
He said Mardi commits to making their seed diversity available to the world, ensuring transparency and accessibility to gene banks worldwide. Salazar said as agricultural zones shift due to climate variations, he said varying soil qualities present new challenges as even the most impoverished soils require crops capable of thriving with minimal resources.
“Two approaches govern how these duplicates are managed, which is the ‘black box’ approach, where only the depositor has access to the seeds, akin to a bank deposit box, and a shared responsibility approach, where receiving gene banks must maintain and share the seeds they receive.
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