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1576) Seeds for Needs factsheet 1: A participatory approach for landrace evaluation
This factsheet summarizes an initiative involving farmers in Ethiopia to evaluate wheat accessions and identify those suitable for their circumstances. The aim of the approach is to better understand the priority traits of farmers so that plant breeders can identify priority accessions for distribution....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2015
1577) Busia County: Growing indigenous vegetables to harvest social and environmental benefits
Podcast - In this episode the public food procurement in Busia County, Kenya, is explored with the help of food and biodiversity expert Victor Wasike. Victor provides a 360° view of Busia’s public food procurement, which is inspiring for its social, economic and environmental impacts. Busia’s public...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1578) GRIN Taxonomy
The National Plant Germplasm System of the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture maintains a computer database, the Germplasm Resources Information Network, GRIN-Global, for the management of and as a source of information on its 599,842 germplasm accessions. The taxonomic portion...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1579) The State of Food and Agriculture 2014: Innovation in family farming
This pubblication analyses family farms and the role of innovation in ensuring global food security, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. It argues that family farms must be supported to innovate in ways that promote sustainable intensification of production and improvements in rural livelihoods....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
1580) Wild Food Plants and Trends in Their Use: From Knowledge and Perceptions to Drivers of Change in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Wild food plants (WFPs) are often highly nutritious but under-consumed at the same time. This study aims to document the diversity of WFPs, and assesses perceptions, attitudes, and drivers of change in their consumption among Minangkabau and Mandailing women farmers in West Sumatra.
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020