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1706) Diversifying Food and Diets : Using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health
Agricultural biodiversity is important for food and nutritional security, as a safeguard against hunger, a source of nutrients for improved dietary diversity and quality, and strengthening local food systems and environmental sustainability. This book explores the current state of knowledge on the role...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa; Asia; Global; Latin America and the Caribbean; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2013
1707) How to Discover Traditional Varieties and Shape in a National Germplasm Collection: The Case of Finnish Seed Born Apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.)
Cultivated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) is a major crop of economic importance, both globally and regionally. It is currently, and was also in the past, the main commercial fruit in the northern European countries. In Finland, apple trees are grown on the frontier of their northern growing limits....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
1708) E-learning: The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing
This course provides an overview of the legal and historical perspectives that led to the development of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (Multilateral System). It emphasizes the importance of the exchange and transfer of plant genetic resources in order to feed a growing global...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1709) Introduction to ClimMob
This video is an introduction to ClimMob which is an online software for agricultural citizen science, it relies on a citizen science approach called tricot. The idea behind this software is "Instead of a few researchers carrying out complicated field trials, large numbers of farmers or gardeners carry...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1710) New maize varieties highlight continued breeding progress in yield and quality
The British Society of Plant Breeder’s 2021 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists provide a range of varieties for farmers to select from, with parameters such as dry matter yield, in relation to favourable or less favourable growing conditions within the suitable maturity range for the farm location. This...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020