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716) Researchers and entrepreneurs bring back forgotten gems: underutilized crops transformed into healthy snacks
In Kenya, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with the Japan Association for International Collaboration of Agriculture and Forestry (JAICAF), IEDA Confectionary Limited, (a Japanese company), and the National Museums of Kenya, introduced the pressure popping, a technique...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
717) BSF project "Sustainable utilization of cowpea genetic resources for enhanced food security and poverty alleviation in the dry savannah of regions Northern Ghana"
Cowpea is an affordable, protein-rich food relied on by over 70% of Ghana’s population. However, it is severely threatened by the parasitic witchweed (Striga gesnerioides), which has led to yield losses of 80-100%. Coupled with drought and other disease stresses in major production regions of northern...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
718) Plant Breeding for Climate Change: Opportunities for Adaptation and Mitigation
Genetic diversity is the foundation upon which plant breeding progress rests. Therefore, diverse genetic resources have always played a key role in the improvement of crops from wild progenitors to elite cultivars. Given the relatively narrow genetic base of most modern crops, access to a broad range...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches; Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
719) Regional training workshop on conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) and farmers’ rights – Asia region proceedings, 5-8 March 2019, Manila, Philippines
The world is facing the interconnected challenges of poverty, food insecurity, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity of global significance. Crop genetic diversity provide the building blocks for farmers to diversify their seed systems and the breeders and scientists to develop new...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global; Asia
Publication year: 2021
720) Conservation and valorisation of farmer seeds in Oases in Tunisia
This inspiring project located in Tunisia aims to guarantee the conservation of local farmer seeds in Chenini via the multiplication of seed-based farmers and the creation of a farmers' seeds network. Also available in French...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A