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1346) BSF project "Policies and Practices to Facilitate the Implementation of Developed Strategies Actions for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use for the Improvement of Food and Nutrition under Changing Climatic Conditions"
In Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, maize is now considered a staple crop. However, the vigorous promotion of maize by the private sector has caused the loss of more traditional crops such as sorghum, groundnuts, bambara nuts, pearl and finger millets. These small grain crops have proved to be more resistant...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1347) Development of locally-adapted faba bean cultivars for organic conditions in Germany through a participatory breeding approach
Organic farming requires cultivars that are specifically adapted to this low input cropping system. Hence, organic farmers and scientists joined in a participatory breeding approach to develop region-specific genotypes of spring faba bean for organic conditions in Germany. A set of 49 genotypes with...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017
1348) Lessons for access and benefit sharing from community seed banks in India
The TheruBeedi Seed Bank and Producer Group facilitate informal benefit sharing mechanisms that can be very effective in protecting biodiversity and encouraging farmers to contribute to the genetic pool. The approaches include offering family farmers incentives to cultivate traditional or rare varieties,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2016
1349) Strategies for Organic and Low-Input Integrated Breeding and Management (SOLIBAM)
The Strategies for Organic and Low-Input Integrated Breeding and Management (SOLIBAM) is a large-scale integrating project funded by the European Union from 2010 to 2014. The overall objective of SOLIBAM is to develop specific and novel breeding approaches integrated with management practices to improve...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
1350) Evolutionary and food supply implications of ongoing maize domestication by Mexican campesinos
Maize evolution under domestication is a process that continues today. Case studies suggest that Mexican smallholder family farmers, known as campesinos, contribute importantly to this, but their significance has not been explicitly quantified and analysed as a whole. Here, the authors examine the evolutionary...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2018