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
Bioversity International
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Pre-breeding for small grain cereals: How to meet future challenges of food supply under a changing climate]
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Pre-breeding for small grain cereals: How to meet future challenges of food supply under a changing climate
A study of the impact of the in-trust agreements demonstrated the importance of a clear legal environment for the genebanks. Requests for repatriation of rice germplasm from the International Rice Research Institute peaked in 1994, during the period of uncertainty. This coincided with a period of...
Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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Bioversity International
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[An empirical assessment of the effects of the 1994 In Trust Agreements on IRRI germplasm acquisition and distribution]
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An empirical assessment of the effects of the 1994 In Trust Agreements on IRRI germplasm acquisition and distribution
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
At first glance, the village of Zèko in southern Benin is like most other villages in the region. Farmers grow two main crops: maize and cassava. Families are poor, mostly surviving on less than US$ 2 a day, a seemingly typical subsistence existence. But when a Bioversity International research t...
Bioversity International
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[Showing diversity counts with custom methodology: Bioversity International’s ‘Tale of the tail’]
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Showing diversity counts with custom methodology: Bioversity International’s ‘Tale of the tail’
Les espèces sauvages apparentées aux plantes cultivées comprennent les ancêtres des plantes cultivées ainsi que d'autres espèces plus ou moins proches. Elles constituent une source stratégique de gènes de résistance aux maladies, aux ravageurs et aux stress tels que la sécheresse et les températu...
Los parientes silvestres de cultivos incluyen tanto a los antepasados de los cultivos como a otras especies más o menos estrechamente vinculadas con ellos. Son una fuente vital de genes de resistencia contra enfermedades, plagas y factores de estrés como las sequías y las temperaturas extremas. E...
Bioversity International
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[Report of a Network Coordinating Group on Oil and Protein Crops: First Meeting, 16-17 May 2006, Paris, France]
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Report of a Network Coordinating Group on Oil and Protein Crops: First Meeting, 16-17 May 2006, Paris, France
This publication is the result of the International Conference held in Frankfurt, Germany 14-16 June 2011 organized in the framework of an International UN Project funded by IFAD “Reinforcing the resilience of poor rural communities in the face of food insecurity, poverty and climate change throu...
Padulosi, S.
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Bergamini, N.
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Lawrence, T.
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Bioversity International
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[On-farm conservation of neglected and underutilized species: status, trends and novel approaches to cope with climate change: Proceedings of an International Conference, Frankfurt, 14-16 June, 2011]
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On-farm conservation of neglected and underutilized species: status, trends and novel approaches to cope with climate change: Proceedings of an International Conference, Frankfurt, 14-16 June, 2011