Periodic Reporting for period 2 - Farmers Pride (Networking, partnerships and tools to enhance in situ conservation of European plant genetic resources)
Reporting period: 2019-05-01 to 2021-07-31
These activities have involved the direct participation of 19 project partner organizations, 19 ‘Farmer’s Pride Ambassadors’, and 8 members of the project’s External Advisory Board—together representing the full range of stakeholders in the C&SU of CWR & LR, including farmers and protected area managers, the private plant breeding and seed sector, researchers, and policymakers. Through the project’s dissemination, communications and advocacy activities, countless other stakeholders throughout Europe and beyond have been informed of the vital steps taken in the Farmer’s Pride project towards the establishment of a permanent system for in situ C&SU of CWR & LR diversity in Europe. This has garnered huge support and interest, and has resulted in a strong coalition of support for continuing with the formal establishment and development of a European in situ network in the months and years to come.