Grown by the ancient civilizations of the Andes, grains such as quinoa, cañihua and amaranth have been staple crops for communities across Bolivia and Peru for over a millennia. Agricultural practices have changed dramatically over the last decade, and poor rural farmers are cultivating these tra...
In India, children may soon have school lunches that include finger millet instead of their usual rice. In Bolivia, a popular restaurant chain is offering its customers a menu containing a variety of dishes made from cañahua, an ancient Andean grain. Though on different sides of the world, these ...
Bioversity International
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[Creating markets for orphan crops: Bioversity International supports marketing link in food value chain]
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Creating markets for orphan crops: Bioversity International supports marketing link in food value chain
Proceedings of a national workshop to launch a multi-stakeholder collaborative platform for the promotion of the sustainable conservation and use of cañihua in Bolivia, held in La Paz, Bolivia, in November 2009, in the framework of an international UN Programme supported by IFAD (‘IFAD NUS II Pro...
Polar, V.
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Rojas, W.
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Jäger, M.
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Padulosi, S.
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Fundación PROINPA
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Bioversity International
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[Taller de análisis multiactoral para la promoción del uso sostenible de la cañahua: Memorias del Taller realizado en La Paz, Bolivia, 17 de noviembre de 2009]
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Taller de análisis multiactoral para la promoción del uso sostenible de la cañahua: Memorias del Taller realizado en La Paz, Bolivia, 17 de noviembre de 2009
Cuando los cultivos que pueden contribuir a mejorar la alimentación, la salud y los ingresos son abandonados por las comunidades, dejados al margen por la agricultura convencional, ignorados por la investigación y ausentes en las dietas de los consumidores, se produce una perdida a nivel global. ...
Baena, M.
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Galluzzi, G.
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Padulosi, S.
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[Recuperación y desarrollo de cultivos tradicionales mejora los medios de vida de las comunidades]
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Recuperación y desarrollo de cultivos tradicionales mejora los medios de vida de las comunidades
When crops that could contribute to better food, health and income are abandoned by communities, marginalized by mainstream agriculture, ignored by research and absent from consumers’ diets, the entire world loses. These traditional crops are usually referred to as Neglected and Underutilized Spe...
Baena, M.
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Galluzzi, G.
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Padulosi, S.
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[Improving community livelihoods by recovering and developing their traditional crops]
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Improving community livelihoods by recovering and developing their traditional crops
The IFAD-NUS project, implemented over the course of a decade in two phases, represents the first UN-supported global effort on neglected and underutilized species (NUS). This initiative, deployed and tested a holistic and innovative value chain framework using multi-stakeholder, participatory, i...
Padulosi, S.
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Amaya, K.
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Jager, M.
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Gotor, E.
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Rojas, W.
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Valdivia, R.O.
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[A holistic approach to enhance the use of neglected and underutilized species: the case of Andean grains in Bolivia and Peru]
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A holistic approach to enhance the use of neglected and underutilized species: the case of Andean grains in Bolivia and Peru
Bioversity International
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[New life for ancient grains: improving the livelihoods, nutrition and incomes of Andean communities]
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New life for ancient grains: improving the livelihoods, nutrition and incomes of Andean communities