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691) Sustainable agri-food value chains. How policies can support the shift towards more resilient food systems
This is the fifth document in a series of case studies by member countries of the Thematic Working Group on Agriculture, Food Security and Land Use (TWG), under the NDC-Partnership. The aim is to present what countries are doing to tackle climate change and implement their Nationally Determined Contributions...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
692) Seeds for Needs' project in India
This video describes the use of a crowdsourcing approach to varietal selection in India in which farmers undergo on-farm trials of a small number of pre-selected varieties and rank them according to different performance characteristics. Using this approach, farmers have gained access to varieties that...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2013
693) Changing knowledge and perceptions of African indigenous vegetables: the role of community-based nutritional outreach
African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) have potential to sustainably address malnutrition, a growing problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Their consumption is however, limited by poor perceptions and lack of awareness of nutritional benefits. There is limited evidence of the effectiveness of community-focused...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
694) Assessment of indigenous knowledge associated with Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) seed selection and the seed quality attributes in Fafen Zone of Somali Region, Ethiopia
Indigenous seed selection practiced in Fafen Zone, Ethiopia has been contributing to enhancement of sorghum genetic resources pool. The contributions of farmers/agro-pastoralists are critical to the conservation, use and enhancement of biodiversity. The results of this research paper indicate that the...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
695) Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity
Global biodiversity hotspots are areas containing high levels of species richness, endemism and threat. Similarly, regions of agriculturally relevant diversity have been identified where many domesticated plants and animals originated, and co-occurred with their wild ancestors and relatives. The agro-biodiversity...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020