Brief description of eight underutilized crops in rural Nepal that have become the focus of efforts to promote a healthier lifestyle and marketplace for farmers and locals in Nepal.
Sthapit, B.
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Zucker, J.
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Bennett, A.
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Bioversity International
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[Himalayan foods: healthy and nutritious crop varieties]
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Himalayan foods: healthy and nutritious crop varieties
Over the years, farmers have developed a range of production and management practices to conserve and sustainably use tropical fruit species diversity in Asia and elsewhere. These good practices can either be farmers’ own innovations or developed by formal research agencies and further adapted by...
Sthapit, B.
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[The rarest of rare mango in Malihabad: Three hundred genotypes of mango scion grafted in a single tree]
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The rarest of rare mango in Malihabad: Three hundred genotypes of mango scion grafted in a single tree
This flyer describes one community’s success story of crop conservation. G. fusca, also known as madan, is used as a spice in India and as soup flavouring in Malaysia, but it was the Thai who discovered the most unique way of using the madan stem. A chicken is impaled on a madan stick and grilled...
Hom, S.
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Lamers, H.
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Yoovatana, M.
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Nimkingrat, T.
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Somsri, S.
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Sthapit, B.
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[Local foods and markets support conservation of Garcinia fusca L. in Sisaket Province, Thailand]
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Local foods and markets support conservation of Garcinia fusca L. in Sisaket Province, Thailand
This flyer gives good insight into the value of mother tree maintenance for a specific rootstock, how it is maintained and used successfully in the field, how it contributes to the livelihoods and well-being of many rural households. The ‘Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tr...
Sthapit, B.
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Hom, S.
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Singh, I.P.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Lamers, H.
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[Learning from old practices and local farmers to improve and assure rootstock quality of Nagpur mandarin saplings: Performance of Nagpur mandarin buds on Rangpur lime (C. limonia) and Rough lemon (C. jambhiri) rootstock]
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Learning from old practices and local farmers to improve and assure rootstock quality of Nagpur mandarin saplings: Performance of Nagpur mandarin buds on Rangpur lime (C. limonia) and Rough lemon (C. jambhiri) rootstock
This poster describes a selected set of good practices for diversity maintenance that were studied and systematically documented from 36 communities in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand as part of the ‘Conservation and Sustainable Use of Cultivated and Wild Tropical Fruit Diversity: Promoti...
Sthapit, B.
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Lamers, H.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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[Good practices for diversity, livelihoods and ecosystem services: what can we learn from tropical fruit farming communities in Asia?]
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Good practices for diversity, livelihoods and ecosystem services: what can we learn from tropical fruit farming communities in Asia?