Tropical fruits – full of rich nutrients and health properties – are adapted to hot and humid environments. Many tropical fruit species might spread beyond their current geographical limit whereas some species might exhibit irregular bearing of fruit. In this context, there are some important que...
Sthapit, B.R.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Sthapit, S.R.
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Bioversity International
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[Tropical fruit tree species and climate change]
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Tropical fruit tree species and climate change
Introduction brochure to the project 'Integrating Traditional Crop Genetic Diversity into Technology: Using a Biodiversity Portfolio Approach to Buffer against Unpredictable Environmental Change in the Nepal Himalayas'.
The project aims to contribute to the conservation of globally important cro...
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
The project has set a mandate to work on eight neglected and underutilized mountain crops that are nutrient dense, climate resilient, and indigenous to the Nepal Mountains (Table 1). These crops are: amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus, A. caudatus and A. cruentus), barley and naked barley (Hord...
Pudasaini, N.
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Sthapit, S.R.
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Gauchan, D.
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Bhandari, B.
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Joshi, B.K.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Baseline Survey Report: I. Jungu, Dolakha. Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: using a biodiversity portfolio approach to buffer against unpredictable environmental change in the Nepal Himalayas]
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Baseline Survey Report: I. Jungu, Dolakha. Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: using a biodiversity portfolio approach to buffer against unpredictable environmental change in the Nepal Himalayas
The project has set a mandate to work on eight neglected and underutilized mountain crops that are nutrient dense, climate resilient, and indigenous to the Nepal Mountains (Table 1). These crops are: amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus, A. caudatus and A. cruentus), barley and naked barley (Hord...
Gurung, R.
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Sthapit, S.R.
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Gauchan, D.
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Joshi, B.K.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Baseline Survey Report: II. Ghanpokhara, Lamjung. Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: using a biodiversity portfolio approach to buffer against unpredictable environmental change in the Nepal Himalayas]
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Baseline Survey Report: II. Ghanpokhara, Lamjung. Integrating traditional crop genetic diversity into technology: using a biodiversity portfolio approach to buffer against unpredictable environmental change in the Nepal Himalayas
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
This paper brings out perceptions and observations of Tharu communities (Rana and Chaudhary), inhabitants of Shakarpur VDC of Kanchanpur and Gadariya VDCs of Kailali on climate change and its impacts on their livelihood strategies over the years. In addition, the paper explores some initiatives t...
Maharjan S. K.
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Sigdel, E. R.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Regmi B. R.
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[Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal]
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Tharu community's perception on climate changes and their adaptive initiations to withstand its impacts in Western Terai of Nepal
Gauchan, D.
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Joshi, B.K.
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Sthapit, S.R.
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Ghimire, K.
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Gautam, S.
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Poudel, K.
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Sapkota, S.
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Neupane, S.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Post-disaster revival of the local seed system and climate change adaptation: a case study of earthquake affected mountain regions of Nepal]
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Post-disaster revival of the local seed system and climate change adaptation: a case study of earthquake affected mountain regions of Nepal