Smallholder farmers who grow diverse landraces in centres of crop diversity contribute to sustaining the capacity of agricultural and food systems to adapt to change by maintaining crop evolution in their fields today, thus enabling humanity to continue to have the broad genetic variation needed ...
Bellon, M.R.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects?]
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Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects?
The IFAD-NUS project, implemented over the course of a decade in two phases, represents the first UN-supported global effort on neglected and underutilized species (NUS). This initiative, deployed and tested a holistic and innovative value chain framework using multi-stakeholder, participatory, i...
Padulosi, S.
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Amaya, K.
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Jager, M.
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Gotor, E.
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Rojas, W.
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Valdivia, R.O.
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[A holistic approach to enhance the use of neglected and underutilized species: the case of Andean grains in Bolivia and Peru]
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A holistic approach to enhance the use of neglected and underutilized species: the case of Andean grains in Bolivia and Peru
Minor millets comprise a group of cereal species that are genetically diverse and adapted to a range of marginal growing conditions where major cereals such as wheat, rice, and maize are relatively unsuccessful. Millets require few inputs and withstand severe biotic and abiotic stresses. They are...
Padulosi, S.
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Mal, B.
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King, O.I.
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Gotor, E.
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[Minor millets as a central element for sustainably enhanced incomes, empowerment, and nutrition in rural India]
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Minor millets as a central element for sustainably enhanced incomes, empowerment, and nutrition in rural India