This book provides summaries of scientific advances, results and experiences on Andean Grains in the context of a multidisciplinary and inter-sector UN Programme supported by IFAD (‘IFAD NUS II Project’) which has been implemented in Bolivia from 2001 to 2010. The publication is a useful analysis...
Rojas, W.
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Soto, J.L.
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Pinto, M.
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Jäger, M.
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Padulosi, S.
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Bioversity International
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[Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañahua y amaranto en Bolivia]
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Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañahua y amaranto en Bolivia
This book summarizes scientific advances, results and experiences on Andean Grains, in the context of a multidisciplinary and inter-sector UN Programme, supported by IFAD (‘IFAD NUS II Project’) and implemented in Peru in the last decade. The publication is a useful analysis of challenges and opp...
Bravo, R.
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Valdivia, R.
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Andrade, K.
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Padulosi, S.
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Jäger, M.
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Bioversity International
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[Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañihua y kiwicha en Perú]
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Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañihua y kiwicha en Perú
The publication reports the experiences and results of UN Programme supported by IFAD (‘IFAD NUS I Project’) implemented in India and Nepal from 2002 to 2004. It is a useful analysis of challenges and opportunities across the value chains of minor millets in south Asia and how these have been add...
Bhag Mal
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Padulosi, S.
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Bala Ravi, S.
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Bioversity International
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M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
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[Minor millets in South Asia: Learnings from IFAD-NUS project in India and Nepal]
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Minor millets in South Asia: Learnings from IFAD-NUS project in India and Nepal
This publication is the result of a research collaboration between Bioversity International and the Fundación para la Promoción e Investigación de Productos Andinos (PROINPA). It deals with issues regarding on-farm conservation of agrobiodiversity, which is a poorly addressed field of research in...
Bioversity International
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Gruberg, H.
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Fundación para la Promoción e Investigación de Productos Andinos
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Meldrum, G.
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Padulosi, S.
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Rojas, W.
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Pinto, M.
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Crane, Todd A.
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[Towards a better understanding of custodian farmers and their roles: insights from a case study in Cachilaya, Bolivia.]
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Towards a better understanding of custodian farmers and their roles: insights from a case study in Cachilaya, Bolivia.
Four multicrop germplasm collecting missions took place in Albania during 1993-95 which collected 5 accessions of oregano, subsequently deposited at the Germplasm Institute in Bari, Italy. This paper briefly considers the geographical distribution and taxonomy of Origanum in Albania and includes ...
An ecogeographic study of cowpea and Bambara groundnut and their wild relatives (Vigna Savi) in Africa is presented; as circumscribed, the African taxa comprise 61 species and 63 subspecific taxa. The taxonomy, genetic diversity and use of wild and cultivated African Vigna, as well as the African...
Maxted, N.
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Mabuza-Diamini, P.
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Moss, H.
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Padulosi, S.
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Jarvis, A.
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Guarino, Luigi
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[An ecogeographic study African vigna]
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An ecogeographic study African vigna
Trilingual publication: English, Russian and Uzbek In the year 2000, during the scientific expedition by the Uzbek Research Institute of Plant Industry (UzRIPI) under support of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), melon-growing areas of Uzbekistan were surveyed, farmers' ...
The publication aims at shedding light on the use, nutritional properties, market potential and contribution to local livelihoods of Andean grains (quinoa, cañahua and amaranth). It addresses some of the research gaps regarding knowledge of the use, as well as the market and non-market value of t...
Giuliani, A.
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Hintermann, F.
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Rojas, W.
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Padulosi, S.
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Bioversity International
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Bern University of Applied Science
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[Biodiversity of Andean grains: balancing market potential and sustainable livelihoods]
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Biodiversity of Andean grains: balancing market potential and sustainable livelihoods
Descriptors for Butia were developed as part of the results of the PhD research project “Characterization of natural populations of Butia odorata in the Pampa Biome” (2013), and subsequent investigations on the diversity of Butia by the authors. It is the product of exhaustive collaboration amon...
Neglected and underutilized species (NUS) are those to which little attention is paid or which are entirely ignored by agricultural researchers, plant breeders and policymakers1. Typically, NUS are not traded as commodities. They are wild or semi-domesticated varieties and non-timber forest speci...
Padulosi, S.
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Bioversity International
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Thompson, J.
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Rudebjer, P.G.
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[Fighting poverty, hunger and malnutrition with neglected and underutilized species: needs, challenges and the way forward]
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Fighting poverty, hunger and malnutrition with neglected and underutilized species: needs, challenges and the way forward