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1621) Crop Wild Relatives - a Key Asset for Sustainable Agriculture
Ehsan Dulloo (Conservation and Availability Programme Leader at Bioversity International) and Nigel Maxted (Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK, and PGR Secure Project Coordinator) explain in this video why crop wild relatives are important and how monitoring, conserving and using them...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1622) Minor millets as a central element for sustainably enhanced incomes, empowerment, and nutrition in rural India
Minor millets comprise a group of cereal species that are genetically diverse and adapted to a range of marginal growing conditions where major cereals such as wheat, rice, and maize are relatively unsuccessful. Millets require few inputs and withstand severe biotic and abiotic stresses. They are also...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2015
1623) Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential
Seed systems for roots, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops receive relatively little attention from development-oriented research and commercial seed sector actors, despite their importance for food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods. We review RTB seed systems—with particular reference to potato,...
Subject: Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1624) Bioversity International - Seeds for Needs
The Seeds for Needs approach provides an effective and cost-efficient way to improve and diversify smallholder seed systems through better information and access to a portfolio of adapted crops and varieties. In 14 countries across Africa, Asia and Central America, more than 40,000 farmers have become...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2015
1625) FAO - EU Afghanistan Seed Project
This audio slide show presents an example of a seed project supported by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) in Afghanistan. In this project, assistance is provided to build up the private seed sector in the form of small enterprises to produce...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A