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    6) FAO launches radio training programmes to adapt to COVID-19 restraints

    In September 2020, FAO launched a radio training initiative airing various episodes across eight Somali radio stations. The ongoing radio programmes are divided into different series with 30 episodes in total, offering information on good agricultural practices, livestock, fisheries and nutrition, and...

    Subject: Farming Systems

    Regions: Africa

    Publication year: 2020

    7) Global strategy for the conservation and use of yam genetic resources

    Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are a staple food for millions of people in tropical countries. They also provide pharmacologically active compounds in traditional medicine and for the pharmaceutical industry. Yams are cultivated in about 50 tropical countries, not all of which provide their annual production...

    Subject: Crop diversity

    Regions: Global

    Publication year: 2021

    8) In situ plant genetic resources in Europe: landraces

    This report details the work of Farmer’s Pride project partners to create the largest ever produced database of in situ maintained landraces.  It has a total of 19,335 records, including forage, cereal, pulse and garden crops and fruit trees. As the first example of an inventory for an entire region...

    Subject: Seed system

    Regions: Global

    Publication year: 2020

    9) Registration of farmers’ varieties in SADC - Report from dialogue held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 3-4 December 2019

    In Africa, smallholder/peasant farmers produce and reproduce the majority of their own seed needs from season to season. Crops produced from this seed contribute substantially to food and nutrition security on the continent. Despite this, farmer seed receives little to no recognition in policy, and...

    Subject: Seed system

    Regions: Africa

    Publication year: 2019

    10) ‘Zeitoun Ennour’: A new olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivar in Tunisia with high oil quality

    An olive breeding program was started in Tunisia in 1993 in order mainly to improve the fatty acid composition of the local cultivar ‘Chemlali Sfax’. ‘Zeitoun Ennour’ is a new cultivar obtained from a cross between ‘Chemlali Sfax’ and the local dual-purpose use cultivar ‘Chemchali Gafsa’....

    Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches

    Regions: Africa

    Publication year: 2021