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The toolkit presented in this booklet provides building blocks for a multi-actor approach applied to participatory plant breeding and action research with the aim of embedding agrobiodiversity in food systems. It results from a wide range of experience developed within the DIVERSIFOOD project to boost...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017
The content of this booklet is based on two decades of close collaboration between researchers of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), national agricultural research organizations of several countries of the West Africa region, farmers’ and civil society organizations....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
This synthesis presents a literature review relating to underutilized indigenous crop species and foods in Africa. It organizes the findings into four main contributions, nutritional, environmental, economic, and social-cultural, in line with key themes of a sustainable food system framework. It also...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
In the course of the EU funded multi-actor project DIVERSIFOOD, was investigated how the networks involved in agrobiodiversity management could further develop their valorisation strategies for food products made from underutilized crops. As a result, an evaluation matrix that shall help these networks...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
Farafena is a processor and distributor of natural African food products, focusing primarily on the traditional, highly nutritious and climate-smart foods such as the tiny fonio grain. Farafena’s aim is to bridge the commercial routes for these smart foods, supporting local communities and allowing...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa; Global
Publication year: N/A