State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (SoW3)
On 24th March 2025, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released the Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (SoW3), highlighting the growing threat to global crop diversity.
Key Findings |
Details |
Over-Reliance on Few Crops |
Despite the cultivation of 6,000 plant species, 60% of global crop production depends on just nine crops—sugarcane, maize, rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil palm fruit, sugar beet, and cassava. |
Threat to Farmers’ Varieties/Landraces (FV/LR) |
An average of 6% of crop diversity is globally threatened, with nine sub-regions reporting 18% or more of FV/LR at risk. |
Most Affected Regions |
Southern .... |
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Already a Member? Login here
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Ecology & Environment
- 1 Global Decline of Seagrass: Impact on Climate and Marine Ecosystems
- 2 Climate Change Increasing Flood Frequency in High Mountain Asia
- 3 2030 Global Forest Vision: Priority Actions for Governments in 2025
- 4 Madhav National Park: India’s 58th Tiger Reserve
- 5 India Becomes World’s Third-Largest Biofuel Producer
- 6 New Jumping Spider Species Discovered in Western Ghats
- 7 World's Strongest Ocean Current Slowing Due to Antarctic Ice Melt
- 8 WMO’s State of the Global Climate 2024 Report
- 9 Delhi Ranked World’s Most Polluted Capital for the Sixth Year
- 10 Rushikonda Beach: Blue Flag Certification Restored