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666) Conservation of biological and nutritional diversity by identification and characterization of neglected and underutilized species in northeastern Cambodia
Agricultural crop biodiversity is a key component of food and nutritional security among smallholder farmers in the developing world. Among a pool of 250,000-300,000 edible plant species in the world, only a small percentage are commercialized and used in any sort of large-scale agronomic application,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
667) Participatory Plant Breeding and Smallholder Farmers
"Participatory Plant Breeding and Smallholder Farmers" is the third in a series of six videos from African Centre for Biodiversity’s National Seed Dialogue and Celebration held in December 2017. Smallholder farmer involvement in partnerships with formal sector breeders to improve crops and varieties...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
668) Participatory Approach to Model Community Seed Systems
This factsheet presents two case studies of Community Seed Systems (CSS) in Europe: the Red Andaluza de Semillas (RAS) in Spain and the Rete Semi Rurali (RSR) in Italy.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017
669) Promoting Value Chains of Neglected and Underutilized Species for Pro-Poor Growth and Biodiversity Conservation. Guidelines and Good Practices
With this publication, the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU) presents guidelines and good practices for value chain development (VCD) of neglected and underutilized species (NUS). It complements manuals on VCD and guidelines for agro-biodiversity conversation with due consideration...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2008
670) The contribution of biodiversity for food and agriculture to the resilience of production systems – Thematic Study for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
This thematic study reviews the available information on the contribution of biodiversity for food and agriculture (BFA) to the resilience of crop, livestock, forest, fishery and aquaculture production systems to environmental change and uncertainty. The authors offer various recommendations for harnessing...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019