Pre-breeding: Distributing, Use and Regulatory Issues

The Crop Trust is a non-profit international organization dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever, for the benefit of everyone.

We work with donors and partners to lead global projects that protect crop diversity, conserve crop wild relatives and develop technology to make this diversity accessible worldwide.

We seek professionals with a passion for global food security and a strong drive to contribute to our mission of conserving crop diversity for future generations.

Type

Self-Paced

Duration

2.5 hours

Fee

Free

Topics

Distribution

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Overview

This module addresses issues of how pre-breeding products are used, either in full-scale breeding programmes or directly by society, industry etc. Some background information on how pre-breeding practitioners should build uptake pathways to ensure impacts are provided. The module also discusses the range of legal instruments that can affect pre-breeding programmes and the movement of germplasm across national boundaries. It covers Intellectual Property Rights as related to germplasm use and sale, and to associated information.

You will learn about:

Identifying the best way to get pre-breeding products to the markets and clients
The “new product development“ approach for generating and commercializing pre-breeding intermediate products
The range of regulatory issues, international policies and rules that affect establishment and success of a pre-breeding programme

Modules

The course consists of 2 lessons, ranging from approximately 60 to 90 minutes duration each:

Lesson 1 – Distribution and use of Pre-breeding Materials
Lesson 2 – Transferring traits from Non-adapted Materials

Host

FAO elearning Academy

The FAO elearning Academy provides learning opportunities and multilingual elearning courses for professionals working in food and nutrition security, social and economic development, and sustainable management of natural resources, with the overall goal of strengthening the capacity of member countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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