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On-farm conservation

Genetic resource conservation that maintains crop and livestock diversity within the farming systems and landscapes where it has evolved, allowing continued adaptation by farmers to local and changing climatic conditions.

Definition source: CBD Article 8(j); Bioversity International (on-farm conservation)

Synonyms

in situ on-farm conservation

Broader

Genetic resource conservation

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Intervention addresses a climate hazard, OR produces a qualifying outcome (adaptation-specific or hazard-conditioned), OR produces an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when done purely for productivity, market, or development with no hazard link and no hazard-referenced result.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_197 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_197
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_197)