Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are a precious heritage of the people of West and Central Africa. The region is endowed with diversified agroecosystems in which crop diversity plays an integral role by contributing to the provision of food and ecosystem services. There is a growi...
Halewood, Michael
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Baidu-Forson, J.J.
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Clancy, E.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Bioversity International
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Conseil ouest et centre africain pour la recherche et le développement agricoles
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[Cooperating to make the best use of plant genetic resources in West and Central Africa: a regional imperative]
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Cooperating to make the best use of plant genetic resources in West and Central Africa: a regional imperative
Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Second Meeting, 16–18 December 2004, Strumica, Macedonia FYR Third meeting, 26–28 June 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Second Meeting, 16–18 December 2004, Strumica, Macedonia FYR Third meeting, 26–28 June 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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
The conservation and use of forest genetic resources is one of eight priority domains of IPGRI's strategy. The specific goal of I P G R I 's FGR programme is to ensure the continuous availability of these resources for present and future use, through in situ and ex situ measures that allow specie...
Biological diversity encompasses all the variation in living things on Earth. Part is used by people to meet their needs for food, shelter, medicines, building materials and so on. That portion is usually referred to as agricultural biodiversity. Bioversity International exists to conduct researc...
Up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is associated with cattle ranching. To reduce forest conversion and increase sustainability in the cattle supply chain, government, private sector and civil society support interventions based on combinations of institutions and policies, incentives, and infor...
Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Newton, Peter
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Pinto, L
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[Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil]
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Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil
As a national development model that simultaneously pursues socio-economic progress and environmental conservation, the Green Growth concept is being tested in countries around the world through context-specific policies and projects. This report reviews Green Growth policy actions related to agr...
Negra, Christine
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[Agriculture and climate change in national green growth strategies]
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Agriculture and climate change in national green growth strategies
Ekman, S.M.S.
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Macamo, C.S.
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[Brazilian Development Cooperation in Agriculture: A Scoping Study on ProSavana in Mozambique, with Implications for Forests]
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Brazilian Development Cooperation in Agriculture: A Scoping Study on ProSavana in Mozambique, with Implications for Forests
Understanding the gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance is important because men and women differ in their need for and having access to groundwater, and their participation in the development, management and monitoring of the resource. The leading role played by women in ob...
Nigussie, Likimyelesh
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Barron, Jennie
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Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
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Lefore, Nicole
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Gowing, J.
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[Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point]
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Gender dimensions of community-based groundwater governance in Ethiopia: using citizen science as an entry point
The food system today is destroying the environment upon which future food production depends.
While the food system generates enough food energy for our population of over 7 billion it does not deliver adequate and affordable nutrition for all. About half the global population is inadequately or...
Garnett, Tara
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Appleby, M.C.
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Balmford, A.
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Bateman, I.J.
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Benton, T.G.
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Bloomer, P.
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Burlingame, B.
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Dawkins, M.
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Dolan, L.
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Fraser, D.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Hoffmann, I.
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Smith, Pete
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Toulmin, C.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Godfray, H. Charles J.
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[What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper]
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What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper