Table 2 Priority Activities of the Second Global Plan of Action on PGRFA ^a

In situ conservation and management

1. Surveying and inventorying plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

2. Supporting on-farm management and improvement of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

3. Assisting farmers in disaster situations to restore crop systems

4. Promoting in situ conservation and management of crop wild relatives and wild food plants

Ex situ conservation

5. Supporting targeted collecting of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

6. Sustaining and expanding ex situ conservation of germplasm

7. Regenerating and multiplying ex situ accessions

Sustainable use

8. Expanding characterization, evaluation, and further development of specific subsets of collections to facilitate use

9. Supporting plant breeding, genetic enhancement, and base-broadening efforts

10. Promoting diversification of crop production and broadening crop diversity for sustainable agriculture

11. Promoting development and commercialization of all varieties, primarily farmers’ varieties/landraces and underutilized species

12. Supporting seed production and distribution

Building sustainable institutional and human capacities

13. Building and strengthening national programmes

14. Promoting and strengthening networks for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

15. Constructing and strengthening comprehensive information systems for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

16. Developing and strengthening systems for monitoring and safeguarding genetic diversity and minimizing genetic erosion of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

17. Building and strengthening human capacity

18. Promoting and strengthening public awareness on the importance of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture