Jethobudho is an aromatic rice landrace of the Pokhara valley in middle hills of Nepal. Although local consumers are willing to pay a high price for its purchase, the landrace has a problem with quality variation. Decentralized participatory population improvement for specific market-identified t...
Gyaw, S.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Bhandari, B.
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Bajracharya, J.
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Shrestha, P.K.
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Upadhyay, M.P.
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Jarvis, Devra I.
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[Participatory crop improvement and formal release of Jethobudho rice landrace in Nepal]
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Participatory crop improvement and formal release of Jethobudho rice landrace in Nepal
Although community-level seed-saving initiatives have existed in many countries around the world for about 30 years, they have rarely been the subject of systematic scientific enquiry. Based on a combination of a literature review and field research, we present a novel comprehensive conceptual fr...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Galluzzi, Gea
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Shrestha P
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[The Multiple Functions and Services of Community Seedbanks]
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The Multiple Functions and Services of Community Seedbanks
Farmers have an intricate knowledge of their agro ecological domains. The empirical evidences from Kachorwa (terai) and Begans (mid-hill) sites in Nepal suggest that farmers distinguish domains for rice primarily on the basis of moisture and fertility. Farmers also differentiate the number, relat...
Rana, Ram B.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Subedi, A.
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Rijal, D.K.
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Chaudhary, P.
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[Understanding agroecological domains: The key to a successful participatory plant breeding program]
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Understanding agroecological domains: The key to a successful participatory plant breeding program
Sthapit, B.R.
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Gauchan, D.
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Joshi, B.K.
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Chaudhary, P.
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[Agrobiodiversity Index to measure agricultural biodiversity for effectively managing it]
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Agrobiodiversity Index to measure agricultural biodiversity for effectively managing it
Sthapit, B.R.
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Lamers, H.A.H.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Bailey, A.
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[Community biodiversity management as an approach for realizing on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity]
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Community biodiversity management as an approach for realizing on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity
Although community-level seed-saving initiatives have existed in many countries around the world for about 30 years, they have rarely been the subject of systematic scientific enquiry. Based on a combination of a literature review and field research, we present a novel comprehensive conceptual fr...
Vernooy, Ronnie
,
Sthapit, B.R.
,
Galluzzi, Gea
,
Shrestha, P.
,
[The multiple functions and services of community seed banks]
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The multiple functions and services of community seed banks
Lamers, H.A.H.
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Kruijssen, Froukje
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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[How can markets contribute to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity on farms? From theory into practice]
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How can markets contribute to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity on farms? From theory into practice
Jarvis, Devra I.
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Hodgkin, T.
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Brown, A.H.D.
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Tuxill, J.
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Smale, M.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[The origins of agriculture, crop domestication, and centers of diversity]
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The origins of agriculture, crop domestication, and centers of diversity
Jarvis, Devra I.
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Hodgkin, T.
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Brown, A.H.D.
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Tuxill, J.
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Smale, M.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Plant genetic resources, conservation,and politics: a history of international and national developments supporting the conservation and use of crop diversity]
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Plant genetic resources, conservation,and politics: a history of international and national developments supporting the conservation and use of crop diversity