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1061) Crop Diversity: Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come
At first glance, seeds may not look like much. But within them lies the architecture of thousands of different plants with thousands of different traits. They hold the secrets to the foundation of our food supply and the possibility of a world without hunger. In addition, our planet is getting hotter...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1062) A Training Guide for In Situ Conservation On-farm. Version 1
This manual is intended for national programmes interested in supporting in situ conservation of agricultural biodiversity maintained on-farm by farmers. It was written to provide a range of actors, including Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment, universities, research and extension institutions,...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2000
1063) Diversity in underutilized plant species: an Asia-Pacific perspective
This publication deals with the enumeration of 778 species of underutilized and less known minor food plants grown in different regions of Asia-Pacific. Information presented has been classified under use-based categories such as cereals/pseudocereals, grain legumes/pulses, roots, tubers, vegetables,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2014
1064) BOLD Voices: Preserving Papua New Guinea's Sweetpotato Diversity
Sweetpotato has been a vital crop in Papua New Guinea for over 400 years, providing key nutrition and income for smallholder farmers—especially in the highlands. Today, the country is recognized as a secondary center of diversity for sweetpotatoes, boasting incredible genetic richness.The National...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: South West Pacific
Publication year: 2025
1065) Traditional Crop Diversity and its Conservation on-Farm for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Kumaon Himalaya of Uttaranchal State: A Case Study
Farming communities in traditional agroecosystems have been playing an important role in conserving agricultural diversity. They are not only the custodians but also managers of the crop diversity and maintain the dynamic processes of crop evolution and adaptation, the key elements of sustainable agricultural...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2007