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1656) BSF project "Marker Assisted Selection of Useful Cassava Germplasm Adapted to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses caused by Global Climate Change"
Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions. The extreme temperatures, drought and flooding brought about by climate change are affecting cassava cultivation. New and changed pathogens are threatening to exacerbate...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1657) Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD): Ethiopia programme
The Integrated Seed Sector Development project in Ethiopia (ISSD Ethiopia) aims to improve smallholder farmer access to and use of quality seed of new, improved, and/or farmer preferred varieties to sustainably increase agricultural productivity. The website provides information about the components...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1658) Key characterization and evaluation descriptors: Methodologies for the assessment of 22 crops
Bioversity International, with the financial support of the Global Crop Diversity Trust has led the development of strategic key sets of characterization and evaluation descriptors for 22 crops included in Annex I of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2011
1659) Realizing the Promise of Neglected and Underutilized Species
Drawing on the lessons learned from the 3rd International Conference on Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) in September 2013 in Ghana and other recent initiatives, this policy brief highlights key roles of NUS in addressing five critical development challenges: conservation of agricultural biodiversity;...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
1660) Lost Crops of Africa - Volume II: Vegetables
This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food-...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2006