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896) First experiences with a novel farmer citizen science approach: Crowdsourcing participatory varietal selection through on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies (tricot)
This paper addresses the application of citizen science and crowdsourcing to participatory varietal selection (PVS). Methods, results and lessons learnt from pilot studies in India, East Africa and Central America are presented.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2016
897) Crop wild relative conservation - adding value to Europe's natural sites
WEBINAR - Eurosite hosted a webinar in June 2020 to highlight the value of crop wild relatives in a European and global context and to explain which species are a priority for conservation in Europe and why. Crop wild relatives (CWR) are wild plant species that provide vital diversity for adapting...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
898) Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple
Enset (Ensete ventricosum, Musaceae) is an African crop that currently provides the staple food for approx. 20 million Ethiopians. This underexploited starch crop grows over a relatively wide range of conditions, is somewhat drought-tolerant, and can be harvested at any time of the year, over several...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
899) Shared but Threatened: The Heritage of Wild Food Plant Gathering among Different Linguistic and Religious Groups in the Ishkoman and Yasin Valleys, North Pakistan
A wild food ethnobotanical field study was conducted in the Ishkoman and Yasin valleys, located in the Hindukush Mountain Range of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. The study reveals a few wild plants that had very rarely or never been previously reported as food resources in Pakistan. Additionally,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
900) Opportunity Crop Profiles for the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) in Africa
This report is an in-depth crop analysis designed to provide a rigorous evidence base to the global community. By conducting a holistic assessment of a variety of well researched crops (e.g., maize, cassava, soybean and tomato), compared to a non-exhaustive list of neglected and underutilized crops (e.g.,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2024