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1381) Seeds for Needs factsheet 2: The crowdsourcing approach
This factsheet summarizes the use of a crowdsourcing approach in Ethiopia to speed up farmers' evaluation of the varieties while collecting scientific data on how they adapt to climate change. This document is part of a series of 6 factsheets about Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2015
1382) Management of Crop Diversity: Key Practices for DRR Implementers
This technical brief explores the management of crop diversity by small-scale farmers in southern Africa. Its objective is to guide DRR practitioners through some basic principles to plan and implement agriculture and food security interventions that make farmers more resilient to natural hazards by...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
1383) Restoring the past for a brighter future: Recovering and improving traditional seeds in Safo, Mali
Five years ago in Mali, the NGO CAB Dèmèso, with support from USC Canada, launched a participatory research process that helps farmers select new varieties after testing growing them with their production methods on their own plots. The new varieties include both local seeds and seeds produced through...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
1384) Mountain farming systems – Seeds for the future. Sustainable agricultural practices for resilient mountain livelihoods.
This publication presents a collection of case studies by Mountain Partnership (MP) members from around the world, highlighting experiences of agroecological mountain farming systems. The MP is fully committed to promoting actions that can improve the resilience of mountain people and environments. In...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1385) Strategies for the promotion of conservation agriculture in Central Asia Proceedings of the International Conference, 5–7 September 2018, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The Proceedings of the Conference aims to compile the data collected during the Conference and archive for future. It is composed of 6 chapters. The chapter on keynote speeches include presentations of Mr Hafiz Muminjanov, Agricultural Officer at FAO headquarters, introducing Conservation Agriculture:...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020