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1551) Lost Crops of Africa - Volume III: Fruits
This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2008
1552) Seed policies and regulatory reforms
This chapter explores how policies, programs, and regulations related to seed and genetic resources are evolving across Africa, and whether these changes have the potential to improve farmers’ access to improved cultivars and quality seed. Several signs of progress in seed system development are highlighted...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1553) Landrace hotspots identification. Farmer’s Pride: Networking, partnerships and tools to enhance in situ conservation of European plant genetic resources
Based on the available data from 14 European countries, this report identifies 100 landrace diversity hotspots for potential inclusion in a European network for in situ conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
1554) Crowdsourcing crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa: a proposal for a scalable and inclusive approach to food security
In sub-Saharan Africa, modern varieties released by the formal seed sector cover only a small part of the total crop acreage. Participatory approaches to crop improvement and seed production have been developed to overcome some of the barriers to modern variety development and seed distribution, but...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2011
1555) Support network for local conservation (in situ/on farm) of plant genetic resources in Brazil and integration with Embrapa genebanks
BSF Project - Fifth Cycle. Target Countries: Brazil.
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A