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Brief 2013

Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection

Autor: Gevel, Jeske van de Bioversity International Gellaw, A. Fadda, Carlo

A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia. This project provides a unique framework f...

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Investigación en Agricultura

CLIMATE CHANGE

CROPS

BIOVERSITY

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Brief 2013

African leafy vegetables come out of the shade

Autor: Bioversity International European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development

Between 1996 and 2004, Bioversity International worked with partners in Kenya to revive the interest of researchers, growers and consumers in African Leafy Vegetables, resulting in increased production, consumption and marketing of a wide range of local leafy vegetables and an improvement in hous...

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LEAF VEGETABLES

PRODUCTION

CONSUMPTION

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Brief 2015

Operations, outreach and impact

Autor: Bioversity International

Bioversity International has a standing commitment to the long-term conservation of the global banana (Musa spp.) collection held in trust at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) in Leuven, Belgium under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (...

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BANANAS

MUSA

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

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Brief 2015

Unravelling the genetic basis of banana traits using next generation sequencing technologies

Autor: Bioversity International

The availability of the banana reference genome sequence (D’Hont et al., 2012) and Next Generation Sequencing technologies have boosted research that helps to better understand the banana (Musa spp.) genetic diversity held in the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC). New i...

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GENETIC MARKERS

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Brief 2015

Use of banana diversity for nutritious diets

Autor: Bioversity International

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children, with an estimated 250,000-500,000 children becoming blind every year. Half of them die within 12 months of losing their sight, as VAD increases the risk of disease and death from severe infections. In pregnant w...

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BANANAS

MUSA

RETINOL

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Brief 2015

Phenotyping for drought

Autor: Bioversity International

Water shortage is an important limiting abiotic factor in agriculture, and the problem is expected to increase with climate change causing more frequent and more severe droughts in many areas. Banana needs vast amounts of water for optimal production. In commercial Cavendish export production sys...

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Brief 2015

Diversity in durum wheat landraces to tackle drought

Autor: Bioversity International

Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better information and access to a wide range of varieties, they are more able t...

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SEEDS

FARMERS

CROPS

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Brief 2015

Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt

Autor: Bioversity International

Fusarium wilt of banana, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), has widely been considered as one of the most devastating diseases in agricultural history, until resistant Cavendish banana cultivars replaced susceptible ones in Central America. New outbreaks of the...

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FUSARIUM OXYSPORIUM

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Brief 2015

Andean lost grains in Bolivia and Peru

Autor: Bioversity International

In Bolivia and Peru, traditional grains such as quinoa, amaranth and cañihua, which are highly nutritious and have been cultivated for thousands of years in the high altitude plains, are being displaced by global cereal crops such as wheat and maize. Lack of improved varieties, arduous cultivati...

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WILD PLANTS

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Brief 2015

What can agricultural biodiversity do in the fight against climate change?

Autor: Bioversity International

One of the main challenges that farmers have in the context of climate change is its unpredictability. Farmers can no longer rely on the timing of seasons and the availability of rainfall to see them through the year. Using agricultural biodiversity in the fight against climate change is about re...

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CLIMATE CHANGE

FARMERS

BIODIVERSITY

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[Seeds for Needs participatory variety selection_1686.pdf]

[African_leafy_vegetables_come_out_of_the_shade_2008.pdf]

[Operations, outreach and impact_2014.pdf]

[Unravelling the genetic basis of banana traits using Next generation sequencing technologies_2009.pdf]

[Use of banana diversity for nutritious diets_2013.pdf]

[Phenotyping_for drought_2011.pdf]

[The crowdsourcing approach_Factsheet__2_1997.pdf]

[Screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt_2010.pdf]

[Bioversity - Andean lost grains in Bolivia and Peru_1947.pdf]

[What can agricultural biodiversity do in the fight against climate change_1932.pdf]