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456) Do smallholder farmer-led seed systems have the capacity to supply good-quality, fungal-free sorghum seed?
Local seed systems that are developed, managed and maintained by farmers are a fundamental practice in smallholder crop production, supporting more than 80% of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and feeding more than 70% of its population. The resilience of such systems is under threat from poverty, climate...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017
457) Document or Lose It—On the Importance of Information Management for Genetic Resources Conservation in Genebanks
Genebanks play an important role in the long-term conservation of plant genetic resources and are complementary to the conservation of diversity in farmers’ fields and in nature. In this context, documentation plays a critical role. Without well-structured documentation, it is not possible to make...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
458) Documentary: 'Seeds for the Future' | BBVA & El Celler de Can Roca
A journey into protecting foods that are at risk of extinction.The piece, which stars Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca, begins with the alarming extinction of crop diversity: a premise that the brothers discover in their local and personal surroundings, and that they continue to explore in other parts of the...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
459) Documentation and on farm conservation of neglected and underutilized plant species in Lamjung district, Nepal
Neglected and underutilized species (NUS) are proven superfoods, but still many of those species are not mainstreamed in our food system. In this regard, research was carried out to explore diversity and identify prioritized species, explore use-values, and identify the role of a socio-demographic factor...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
460) Domestication of payments for ecosystem services: New evidence from the Andes
This project has sought to assess i) the potential of agricultural biodiversity-focused PES to serve as a cost-effective and socially equitable domesticated diversity conservation incentive scheme, as well as ii) how economic incentive mechanisms such as PES can be designed to build on and complement...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2015