This list consists of an initial set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for wheat utilization. This key set of strategic descriptors, together with passport data, will become the basis for the global accession-level information system being developed by the Bioversity-led project, Glo...
Bioversity International
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Key access and utilization descriptors for wheat genetic resources]
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Key access and utilization descriptors for wheat genetic resources
Between 2010 and 2012 Bioversity International worked with partners and stakeholders in Ethiopia to develop an innovative low-cost strategy for managing risks to agricultural systems posed by the adverse effects of climate change. The objective, which the project indeed achieved, was to decrease ...
Gotor, E
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Fadda, Carlo
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Trincia, C
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[Matching Seeds to Needs - female farmers adapt to a changing climate in Ethiopia]
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Matching Seeds to Needs - female farmers adapt to a changing climate in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is known for having a high diversity of durum wheat landraces. Most farmers in East Shewa’a have been replacing their landraces with modern varieties. These uniformly performing varieties require significant amount of external inputs and have less genetic variability and adaptive capacit...
An analysis of the effects of climate change on 22 critical agricultural commodities and three important natural resources in the developing world reveals a number of cross-cutting themes: The world’s agricultural systems face an uphill struggle in feeding a projected nine to ten billion people b...
Thornton, Philip K.
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[Recalibrating Food Production in the Developing World: Global Warming Will Change More Than Just the Climate]
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Recalibrating Food Production in the Developing World: Global Warming Will Change More Than Just the Climate