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1666) Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County
Wild food plants are important resources for people living in dry areas of Kenya. A botanical inventory of vascular plants of Kitui county was compiled from specimens collected during field investigations in Kitui county, at the East African herbarium and from literature reporting on plants of Kitui...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1667) BSF project "Harnessing dryland legume and cereal genetic resources for food and nutrition security and resilient farming systems in Malawi and Zambia"
"Harnessing dryland legume and cereal genetic resources for food and nutrition security and resilient farming systems in Malawi and Zambia" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Fourth Cycle). The project will enhance resilience...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1668) Registration Systems for Farmers’ Varieties: Ongoing Policy Dialogues and Experiences from the Field
Over the course of the last few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of farmers’ varieties. Because they increase production stability and resilience, farmers’ varieties sometimes outperform varieties coming from formal breeding programs, especially when cultivated in difficult environments...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1669) Governing Seeds in East Africa in the Face of Climate Change: Assessing Political and Social Outcomes
This article aims to assess political and social outcomes of the formalisation and commercialisation of the seed sector, by comparing maize seed system development in Ethiopia, Malawi and Tanzania, combining policy analysis with quantitative analysis of farmers’ seed use. One of the most effective...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
1670) In pursuit of disappearing foods
Two varieties of lima bean are successfully being revived by ABN partner Maendeleo Endelevu Action Program (MEAP) in Kenya’s Nakuru County and Molo Sub-county. This is part of a collaboration with four other partners across Africa which is working to connect seeds, culture and nature and to strengthen...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020