In situ landraces: best practice evidence-based database
A tool for promoting landrace conservation

This tool is for landrace maintainers or those considering the cultivation of landraces to diversify their crop production system. It provides access to evidence-based information on the benefits, opportunities and practices of landrace cultivation to help in decision-making and to promote their in situ maintenance as a means of conserving and diversifying plant genetic resources for food, nutrition and livelihood security.

The tool includes examples of in situ management practices and of adding value to landraces—for example, marketing options—for different crops and socio-cultural, environmental and economic contexts. This information can help to enhance landrace cultivation and make it sustainable and profitable at the same time, while conserving biodiversity for future generations.

The tool is a product of the Farmer’s Pride project, funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Union: http://www.farmerspride.eu/.

 

Please use the search fields below, or browse the database from the grid, list or map view.

 

Aglione della Val di Chiana

Crop: Allium ampeloprasum L.
Great headed garlic

Italy

Bosco Gurin

Crop: Brassica rapa L. subsp. rapa
Turnip

Switzerland

Broccolo Fiolaro di Creazzo

Crop: Brassica oleracea L. var. italica Plenk.
Broccoli

Italy

Epineux argenté de Plainpalais

Crop: Cynara cardunculus L. subsp. cardunculus
Cardoon

Switzerland

Fagiolina del Lago Trasimeno

Crop: Vigna unguiculata L.
Cowpea

Italy

Fagiolo di Cave

Crop: Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Common bean

Italy

Fava Cottora dell’Amerino

Crop: Vicia faba L.
Faba bean

Italy

Gnif

Crop: Dacus carota L.
Carrot

Switzerland

Grütt

Crop: Heliantus tuberosus L.
Jerusalem artichoke

Switzerland

Klint karin

Crop: Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica
Swede

Sweden

Küttiger Rüebli

Crop: Dacus carota L.
Carrot

Switzerland

Leksand

Crop: Allium cepa L.
Onion

Sweden

Lollandske rosiner

Crop: Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. arvense
Field pea

Denmark

Milho Branco dos Arcos

Crop: Zea mays L. spp. mays
Maize

Portugal

Parli

Crop: Solanum tuberosum L.
Potato

Switzerland

Rattvik

Crop: Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. arvense
Field pea

Sweden

Rotes Herz (‘Crveni Srcolik’)

Crop: Solanum lycopersicum L.
Tomato

Austria

Sedano Nero di Trevi

Crop: Apium graveolens L. var. dulce (Miller)
Celery

Italy

Shetland black

Crop: Solanum tuberosum L.
Potato

United Kingdom

Shetland cabbage

Crop: Brassica oleracea L. subsp. capitata
Cabbage

United Kingdom

Signe

Crop: Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Common bean

Sweden

Solina

Crop: Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum
Soft wheat

Italy

Tarreste

Crop: Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Common bean

Portugal

Vintjärn

Crop: Brassica napus L. var. napobrassica
Swede

Sweden

Winterkefe Frieda Welten

Crop: Pisum sativum L.
Pea

Switzerland

‘Roveja’ di Civita di Cascia

Crop: Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum var. arvense
Field pea

Italy