Colocasia esculenta, commonly known as taro, is a staple vegetable crop that has been used as food for over 9,000 years, making it one of the world’s oldest food crops. It is used as a source of protein, starch, and vitamins. It can be found in Southeast Asia but now has spread throughout the wor...
Fonio is a highly palatable cereal that is drought tolerant. It is often consumed in West Africa before most crops are ready to harvest because it is one of the world’s fastest maturing cereals. It is believed to be one of the oldest cereals in West Africa, where it is indigenous.Fonio is a negle...
Amaranthus collectively known as amaranth, comprises about 70 species, of which about 40 are native to the Americas. It includes at least 17 species with edible leaves and three grain amaranths. Amaranthus is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a category of non-commodity cultivated and ...
The African baobab is an extremely important indigenous fruit tree species for humans and animals in the dry areas of Africa. It offers shelter and provides food, fibre and medicine, as well as raw materials for many purposes. The African baobab is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a c...
Bambara groundnut is grown in Asia, parts of Northern Australia, and South and Central America and is widely distributed across the world. It is traditionally grown by women, giving it less value and less priority in land allocation, despite being regarded as the third most important legume in mu...
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
The leaflet provides a summary of the major results of the project: In Situ Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region (2014 - 2016), which was implemented in Mauritius, South Africa and Zambia.
Bioversity International
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University of Birmingham
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University of Mauritius
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Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Zambia Agriculture Research Institute
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[In situ conservation and use of crop wild relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region]
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In situ conservation and use of crop wild relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
The brief summarizes the results of the crop wild relative checklist development, its prioritization, projected impact of climate change on the distribution of priority CWR, and the identification of in situ conservation sites in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, carried o...
Bioversity International
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University of Birmingham
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[Conservation planning for priority crop wild relatives in the SADC region]
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Conservation planning for priority crop wild relatives in the SADC region
The present list of descriptors for the standardized development of crop wild relative (CWR) checklists and inventories is based on results from a series of international projects that progressively worked to improve information management related to CWR conservation and use. The creation of chec...
Bioversity International
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University of Birmingham
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[Crop wild relative checklist and inventory descriptors v.1]
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Crop wild relative checklist and inventory descriptors v.1
The leaflet provides the short description of the project “In Situ Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region" (2014 – 2016) and lists project activities and partners. The project aimed to enhance the link between...
Bioversity International
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University of Birmingham
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University of Mauritius
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Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Zambia Agriculture Research Institute
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[Enhancing the link between in situ conservation and use of crop wild relatives (CWR) in the SADC region to underpin regional food security and mitigate predicted adverse impact of climate change]
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Enhancing the link between in situ conservation and use of crop wild relatives (CWR) in the SADC region to underpin regional food security and mitigate predicted adverse impact of climate change