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836) Review of congruence between global crop wild relative hotspots and centres of crop origin/diversity
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are important sources of adaptive diversity for plant breeding programmes. This paper aims to investigate the extent to which the centres of crop origin/diversity are congruent with areas of high CWR diversity. The study established the predicted potential CWR distributions...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
837) Institutionalizing Quality Declared Seed in Uganda
Farmer-led seed enterprises can produce good quality seed and market it. However, for them to thrive, they need a conducive policy and regulatory framework that is inclusive and less stringent than existing regulatory frameworks. One way to provide a more enabling environment for farmer-led enterprises...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
838) Crop Diversity, its Conservation and Use for Better Food Systems. The Crop Trust Perspective
The genetic diversity contained in crops and their wild relatives is the foundation of tomorrow's agriculture, allowing farmers and professional breeders to develop the new crop varieties that agriculture needs to adapt to changing conditions. The loss of this diversity poses a considerable risk to global...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
839) Folk knowledge of wild food plants among the tribal communities of Thakht-e-Sulaiman Hills, North-West Pakistan
Indigenous communities of the Thakht-e-Sulamian hills reside in the North-West tribal belt of Pakistan, where disadvantaged socio-economic frames, lack of agricultural land and food insecurity represent crucial problems to their survival. Several studies in diverse areas worldwide have pointed out the...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2016
840) Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate
As climate changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Africa’s “forgotten” food crops offer a wide range of options to diversify major staple production as a key measure toward achieving zero hunger and healthy diets. So far, however, these forgotten food crops have been neglected in SSA’s climate-change...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023