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1496) Seed Alert Ethiopia
Seed Alerts identify current challenges and urgent action in the Ethiopian seed sector, based on surveys and focus group discussions with various stakeholders. The report highlights four challenges, their impacts, actions required, stakeholders involved, and identifies the organization to take the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1497) CWRML: Representing Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use Data in XML
Crop wild relatives are wild species that are closely related to crops. They are valuable as potential gene donors for crop improvement and may help to ensure food security for the future. However, they are becoming increasingly threatened in the wild and are inadequately conserved, both in situ and...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2008
1498) Collective action for market-chain innovation in the Andes
The genetic diversity of native potatoes grown in remote mountainous areas of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, as well as the social capital and local knowledge of the smallholders that have cultivated them for centuries, are assets that are often undervalued. This book chapter presents the Participatory...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2016
1499) Conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources of Opuntia spp.
The FAO-ICARDA Technical Cooperation Network on Cactus (CactusNet) was established in 1993 with the support from FAO. CactusNet supports researchers, practitioners and farmers to exchange knowledge on cacti and support the development of dryland agriculture. Cacti (Opuntia spp. and Hylocereus spp. among...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2025
1500) Production Manual for Beles (Opuntia ficus-indica) in Eritrea
This bulletin contains basic information on beles production adjusted to the conditions of Eritrea, and looks at both fruit and forage or vegetable production. It also considers practices to optimize forage and fruit production in household orchards.
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2004