956) Savouring diversity: first steps in implementing a strategy to support community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas

This report presents the findings of a field mission to Limpopo and Eastern Cape provinces of the Republic of South Africa, following a previous mission which had recommended establishing pilot community seedbanks in each province. Using a participatory approach with the farmers and extension staff from...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2015

957) Evaluation of Garlic Landraces from Foggia Province (Puglia Region; Italy)

In the present study, six garlic landraces collected from the Foggia Province (S-E Italy) have been assessed for their chemical composition (minerals, organic acids, free sugars, volatile, and phenolic compounds) along with their main morpho-biometrical traits. A commercial genotype was also considered...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2020

958) Injecting diversity to bolster immunity to climate change and food insecurity

Bioversity International’s Senior Scientist Stefano Padulosi and Principal Economist Adam Drucker report on the success of the first edition of Payment for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services to promote bean diversity in Central America. Also available in Spanish...

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2018

959) How is the biodiversity of cultivated tropical plants conserved?

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2015

960) SEEDS TOOLKIT Module 6: Seed storage

It is estimated that 25–33% of the world grain crop including seeds is lost each year during storage, and this has a significant effect on global food security. The impact is even greater in food-deficit developing countries, where every year farmers struggle to preserve their seeds as basic input...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2018