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636) Leaving no one behind: Radio initiative educates farmers; pastoralists and fisherfolk across Somalia
In September 2020, FAO launched a radio training initiative airing various episodes across eight Somali radio stations. The ongoing radio programmes are divided into different series with 30 episodes in total, offering information on good agricultural practices, livestock, fisheries and nutrition, and...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
637) Agrobiodiversity: Integrating Knowledge for a Sustainable Future
This volume in the Strüngmann Forum Reports series offers insights into the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and sustainability and proposes an integrative framework to guide future research, scholarship, policy, and practice. The contributors offer perspectives from a range of disciplines, including...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
638) Setting conservation priorities for the wild relatives of food crops in Indonesia
Crop wild relatives (CWR) have been increasingly used as a genetic resource in crop improvement programs, thus, their conservation is essential for future sustainable agriculture and food security. Ex situ conservation and in situ conservation need better planning to ensure success. However, Indonesia...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2019
639) Community-Based Seed Production System (CBSP) in Nigeria: An Opening for Complementing National Supply of Quality Seeds
Two seeds systems co-exist in Nigeria, the formal and informal systems. An integrated system (semi-formal) brings together core elements of both the formal and informal systems. In the semi-formal seed system, farmer groups produce, distribute and market Certified Seeds endorsed by the National Agricultural...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2008
640) Phenotypic characterization of maize landraces from Sahel and Coastal West Africa reveals marked diversity and potential for genetic improvement
Landraces of maize (Zea mays L.) are invaluable sources of genetic variability for improving agronomic traits, and they hold great promise in developing new maize varieties with enhanced resilience to stresses. This study investigated the extent of phenotypic diversity among 196 maize landraces, representing...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020