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1411) Wild food plants and minor crops in the Ripollès district (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): potentialities for developing a local production, consumption and exchange program
Wild food plants (WFP) have always been consumed by humans, first as the main basis of their food and, since the origins of agriculture, as ingredients of normal diets or as an alternative during situations of scarcity. In contemporary industrialized societies their use is for the most part being abandoned,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2016
1412) Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science
The authors tested if crowdsourced citizen science can address this challenge, producing empirical data across geographic space that, in aggregate, can characterize varietal climatic responses. They present the results of 12,409 farmer-managed experimental plots of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia
Publication year: 2019
1413) BSF project "In vitro culture and genomics-assisted fast track improvement of local landraces of wheat and barley in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria for enhancing food security and adaptation to climate change"
Bread wheat, durum wheat and barley are the major staple food crops in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. Due to the increasing occurrence of pests and diseases, drought, salinity, high temperatures and other effects of climate change, yields are ever lower, compromising food security and leading to an increasing...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1414) GRIN-U Online learning for plant genetic resources conservation and use
Sustaining the network of genebanks that conserve PGR requires knowledgeable staff with skills in acquiring, maintaining, regenerating, evaluating, documenting, and distributing PGR accessions (Byrne et al., 2018). This site, dubbed GRIN-U, is aimed at helping genebank staff gain and enhance their skills...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1415) Voluntary benefit-sharing activities of the European seed industry
This web page provides access to case studies of voluntary benefit-sharing activities involving the European seed industry.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A