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951) The fonio women

This article focuses on how farming communities across West Africa rediscovered a gluten-free grain

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Africa

Publication year: N/A

952) Community Seed Banks in China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects

Community seed banks can play a key role to complement the conservation activities of these genebanks and provide other important collective goods, such as evolutionary services, but although they have been around for some 35 years in various parts of the world, in China they have a much shorter history....

Subject: Farming Systems

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2021

953) Factors affecting the adoption of agricultural innovations on underutilized cereals: The case of finger millet among smallholder farmers in Kenya

Underutilized crops like finger millet have been an alternative form of sustenance for resource-poor farmers especially in arid and semi-arid areas in Kenya. They are more nutritive and resilient to environmental extremes and harsh weather conditions than common crops like maize. This study sought to...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2018

954) Unlocking the inherent potential of plant genetic resources: food security and climate adaptation strategy in Fiji and the Pacific

Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are the center of origin and diversity for several root, fruit and nut crops, which are indispensable for food security, rural livelihoods, and cultural identity of local communities. However, declining genetic diversity of traditional food crops and high vulnerability...

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: South West Pacific