Traduzido do original em Inglês: IBPGR. 1983. Descriptors for cowpea. International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, Italy. 30 pp. O feijão frade (feijão caupi) (Vigna unguiculata) é uma leguminosa da família das Fabáceas conhecido também como ”guandul” ou ”feijão de cabecinha preta”. É r...
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[Descritores para Feijão frade ou caupi (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)]
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Descritores para Feijão frade ou caupi (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.)
This book provides summaries of scientific advances, results and experiences on Andean Grains in the context of a multidisciplinary and inter-sector UN Programme supported by IFAD (‘IFAD NUS II Project’) which has been implemented in Bolivia from 2001 to 2010. The publication is a useful analysis...
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[Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañahua y amaranto en Bolivia]
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Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañahua y amaranto en Bolivia
This book summarizes scientific advances, results and experiences on Andean Grains, in the context of a multidisciplinary and inter-sector UN Programme, supported by IFAD (‘IFAD NUS II Project’) and implemented in Peru in the last decade. The publication is a useful analysis of challenges and opp...
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[Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañihua y kiwicha en Perú]
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Granos andinos: avances, logros y experiencias desarrolladas en quinua, cañihua y kiwicha en Perú
This book is being published five years after the event that it reports, namely the First Meeting of the Working Group on Vitis. This delay has been due to the heavy demand by the ECPGR Networks for high quality meeting reports during the past five years, while staff time resources for this purpo...
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[Report of a Working Group on Vitis: First Meeting, 12-14 June 2003, Palić, Serbia and Montenegro]
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Report of a Working Group on Vitis: First Meeting, 12-14 June 2003, Palić, Serbia and Montenegro
This publication has been commissioned by the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU), created to ease and increase information and knowledge exchange in the field of neglected and underutilized species (NUS). GFU's mission is to promote and facilitate the sustainable deployment ...
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[Promoting value chains of neglected and underutilized species for pro-poor growth and biodiversity conservation: Guidelines and good practices]
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Promoting value chains of neglected and underutilized species for pro-poor growth and biodiversity conservation: Guidelines and good practices
Taro is a staple crop for several hundred million small farmers and planters throughout the tropical world. Often associated with Asia and Pacific, it is also important in the Americas and Africa. This book explores the diversity of taros and their uses as well as the status of taro genetic resou...
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[The global diversity of taro: ethnobotany and conservation]
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The global diversity of taro: ethnobotany and conservation
The world faces a continual need to increase crop productivity, and to develop new varieties more adapted to changing environmental and biological challenges or to meet the evolving needs of local communities. To meet these needs and challenges, farmers and breeders not only must have access to a...
The Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Cacao Genetic Resources, developed by the Global Network for Cacao Genetic Resources (CacaoNet). The strategy is the result of a consultation process that drew upon the global cocoa community’s expertise in all aspects of cacao genetic resources...
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[A global strategy for the conservation and use of cacao genetic resources, as the foundation for a sustainable cocoa economy]
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A global strategy for the conservation and use of cacao genetic resources, as the foundation for a sustainable cocoa economy
Climate change is increasingly recognized as one of the most important challenges faced globally by ecosystems and societies alike. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change could increase average temperatures by 2-4°C in Europe over the next 50 years and c...
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[Climate change and forest genetic diversity: Implications for sustainable forest management in Europe]
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Climate change and forest genetic diversity: Implications for sustainable forest management in Europe
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) was adopted in 2001, after eight years of negotiation, and came into force in 2004. Its objectives are the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the fair an...
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[The multilateral system of access and benefit sharing: Case studies on implementation in Kenya, Morocco, Philippines and Peru]
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The multilateral system of access and benefit sharing: Case studies on implementation in Kenya, Morocco, Philippines and Peru