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1671) Agricultural biodiversity and women’s empowerment: a successful story from Kolli Hills, India
The Kolli Hills Agrobiodiversity Conservers' Federation (KHABCOFED) is a federation of successful entrepreneurs formally established in 2009 in Kolli Hills Taluk (Tamil Nadu, India) composed of 110 different groups and with a membership of 1,523 (985 men and 538 women). Millets play an important role...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2017
1672) Farmer Field School Trials of 2:4:2 Maize/Legume Intercropping
In EDN 133 we described a cereal/legume intercropping strategy in which two rows of a cereal crop are alternated with four rows of a legume. This “2:4:2” planting sequence is an outcome of research done by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and national partners, with cowpea...
Subject: Farming Systems; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
1673) Resetting the table for people and plants: Botanic gardens and research organizations collaborate to address food and agricultural plant blindness
Food and agricultural plants are integral to human well-being. Due to their universal importance, such plants would appear to represent an ideal entryway by which to address plant blindness. However, with limited opportunities for direct contact with agriculture, many people cannot appreciate the flora...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1674) The Power of Wild Plants in Feeding Humanity: A Meta-Analytic Ethnobotanical Approach in the Catalan Linguistic Area
Wild food plants (WFP) have always been present in our kitchen, although they have not always been given the same importance as crops. The aim of this study was to carry out a meta-analysis of the WFP dataset of the Catalan linguistic area (CLA) and to identify the most quoted plants, and the information...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
1675) Financing the conservation of agricultural diversity
The crops and livestock we use must be continuously improved and adapted to changing environmental conditions if we are to ensure food security for the generations to come. The absolute precondition for this is the preservation of agricultural biodiversity and the associated agroecosystems. But for years...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2008