GRPI - Genetic Resources Policy Initiative: strengthening capacity to analyze national options
1) Identifying and recommending to Task Forces and stakeholder groups ways in which economics can play a role in national genetic resources policy-making
2) Conducting economic analyses of legal and policy options concerning conservation, sustainable use and control of genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA) in Ethiopia and East African region.
Contact
Dr. John Mburu
Phone.: +49-228-73
Keywords
Agro-biodiversity conservation, economic analysis, legal and policy analysis, incentives for conservation, institutions, capacity building
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Duration
November 2004 - June 2008
Methodology
Workshops, Conferences, Case studies
Partners
Main Cooperation Partners
Main Funding Partner
- GTZ
- IPGRI
- ILRI
- Local partners in Ethiopia and East African region
- BMZ/GTZ through IPGRI
Publications
Mburu J. and E. Wale (in press) “Local Organizations Involved in Conserving Crop Genetic Resources in Ethiopia and Kenya: Conditions for their Emergence and Success in Ethiopia and Kenya”, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution