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1291) The State of Food and Agriculture 2021. Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses
The State of Food and Agriculture 2021 presents country-level indicators of the resilience of agrifood systems. The indicators measure the robustness of primary production and food availability, as well as physical and economic access to food. They can thus help assess the capacity of national agrifood...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1292) A Global Conservation Strategy for Cassava (Manihot esculenta) and Wild Manihot Species
This document, developed with the input of a large number of experts, aims to provide a framework for the efficient and effective ex situ conservation of globally important collections of cassava (Manihot esculenta) and Wild Manihot species.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2010
1293) Community seed banks: Farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement
This article presents the pilot community seed banks in Mutale and Joe Gcabi Municipalities, South Africa, to guide the development of a national plan aimed to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss.
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2016
1294) Seed security assessment: A practitioner's guide
Seed security exists when men and women within the household have sufficient access to quantities of available good quality seed and planting materials of preferred crop varieties at all times in both good and bad cropping seasons. Measuring seed security is important in crisis and non-crisis situations...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
1295) Lost Crops of Africa - Volume I: Grains
This report is the first in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume focuses on native cereals (African rice, Finger millet, Sorghum, and other cultivated and wild grains) that have potential as food- and cash-crops...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 1996