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826) The Good Cocoyam Seed Initiative
Indigenous cocoyams in Burundi have the potential to increase food and nutrition 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 knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative targeted both...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
827) Crop wild relatives of Kazakhstani Tien Shan: Flora, vegetation, resources
This paper presents the results of the field study on species composition, geographical distribution, phytocoenotic diversity and resources of crop wild relatives (CWR) in Kazakhstan's ranges of the Tien Shan Mountains. List of CWR includes 289 species belonging to 39 families and 145 genera - among...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
828) Cereal banks improving food security and incomes in Guinea-Bissau
In Guinea-Bissau, the intensification of cashew monoculture and the decline in yields of rice and other staple cereals is a common issue that puts the population in an unprecedented state of food insecurity. Organisations such as CAURAL REMOBE have tried to find a solution to this problem. The experience...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
829) Community biodiversity management: Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources
The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by those...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa; Asia; Europe; Global; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2013
830) African indigenous vegetable enterprises and market access for small-scale farmers in East Africa
African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) have been part of the food systems in sub-Saharan Africa for generations. The region is a natural habitat for more than 45,000 species of plants, of which about 1,000 can be eaten as green leafy or fruit vegetables that happen to be the mainstay of traditional diets....
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2011