This paper reviews and discusses how studies on (i) on-farm diversity assessment, (ii) access to diversity and information, (iii) extent of use of available materials and information, and (iv) benefits obtained by the farmer or farming community from their use of local crop diversity, are necessa...
Jarvis, Devra I.
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Hodgkin, T.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Fadda, Carlo
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López Noriega, I.
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[An heuristic framework for identifying multiple ways of supporting the conservation and use of traditional crop varieties within the agricultural production system]
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An heuristic framework for identifying multiple ways of supporting the conservation and use of traditional crop varieties within the agricultural production system
The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT is implementing a Dutch-supported project entitled: Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region. This work aims to boost timely and affordable access to good-quality seed for a portfolio of crop...
Recha, Tobias
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Halewood, Michael
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Fadda, Carlo
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Mushita, Andrew
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Kidane, Yosef
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[Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region: Report of training workshop, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 17-21 September 2019]
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Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region: Report of training workshop, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 17-21 September 2019
Current climate change projection models show that both temperature and precipitation are expected to increase in the Horn of Africa, and that climate uncertainty and frequency of extreme events will most likely increase the vulnerability of the rural poor in the region, Ethiopia included. Geneti...
Kassahum, D.
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Kidane, Y.
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Mancini, C.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe’, M.E.
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Bioversity International
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[Using diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat to challenge climate change: a three pronged approach]
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Using diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat to challenge climate change: a three pronged approach
Between 2012 and 2015, 150 researchers, research managers, gene bank managers, extension agents, university professors and staff of non-government organizations from Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe acquired new knowledge and s...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Otieno, G.
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Bessette, G.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Galluzzi, G.
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Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, I.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Mittra, S.
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Rudebjer, P.G.
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Steinke, J.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Zonneveld, Maarten van
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[A novel strategy to discover and use climate-adapted germplasm]
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A novel strategy to discover and use climate-adapted germplasm