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641) Local knowledge as a tool for prospecting wild food plants: experiences in northeastern Brazil
This study aims to provide a simple framework to identify wild food plants with potential for popularization based on local knowledge and perception. To this end, the authors also characterized the distribution of this knowledge in the socio-ecological system. The results indicate that there is a high...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2021
642) CAPFITOGEN - Programme to strengthen national Plant Genetic Resource Capacities in Latin America, Version 1.2
This program is focused on the development of appropriate technologies for countries which are extremely agrobiodiverse but have limited economic resources. Its function is to develop and transfer technology and provide the appropriate training for technical personnel from those Latin American countries...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2014
643) People pollinating partnerships: harnessing collaborations between botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations on crop diversity
The world's botanic gardens are repositories of plant diversity but are seldom considered to be major contributors to conservation and research of crops. Thus, botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations have had somewhat limited interactions historically. An unprecedented three-year collaboration...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020
644) Good seed for quality produce: indigenous vegetables boost farmer incomes and livehoods in Tanzania
African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) have the potential to increase food and nutritional security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical know-how. The Good Seed Initiative (GSI),...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2016
645) A Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants
Crop wild relatives are valuable genetic resources used by plant breeders to increase pest and disease resistance, stress tolerance, nutritional profile, and other traits critical to productivity, quality, and sustainability. Wild utilized plants provide food and a variety of other ecosystem and cultural...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2019