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846) How to do note: Crop selection for diet quality and resilience
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework. The How to Do Notes offer recommendations on practical methods, approaches, and tools for use-enhancement of NUS in both design and implementation of IFAD-funded projects to support more nutrition-sensitive...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
847) Seed and Gene Banks Play a Critical Role in Conserving and Sharing Indigenous Crop Seeds
On a trip to Harare for partnership exploration meetings, the African Centre for Biodiversity visited the Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Institute of Zimbabwe. Gene banks such as these are primarily established to conserve the genetic resources that form the basis for all food production. In this...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
848) BSF project "Seeds for Life – Action with farmers in Uttar Pradesh to enhance Food Security in the context of Climate Change in India"
" Seeds for Life – Action with farmers in Uttar Pradesh to enhance Food Security in the context of Climate Change in India" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). Sustainable food security for 50 villages, covering...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
849) BSF project "Sustainable use of the agro-biodiversity of corn, beans and under-utilized species in indigenous communities of Central America: A strategy for food security and climate adaptation"
Central America is the center of origin of several crops and boasts high levels of agrobiodiversity. However, the area has experienced detrimental effects of climate change such as prolonged droughts, heavy rains and an increase in the presence of pests and diseases, directly impacting small producers,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A
850) Swiss National Information System for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
This database describes the plant genetic resources preserved as a part of the national PGRFA gene bank of Switzerland. The National information system PGRFA serves as an information pool for conservers and users of plant genetic resources, for breeders of new varieties, for producers and direct marketers,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A