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961) Food security and environment conservation through sustainable use of wild and semi-wild edible plants: a case study in Berek Natural Forest, Oromia special zone, Ethiopia

Wild edible plants (WEPs) have an important role for rural communities in safeguarding food security, nutritive variation and continued earnings. Their significance, management and utilization are not fully documented. The objectives of this study are to identify and document wild and semi-wild edible...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2021

962) The role of genetics in mainstreaming the production of new and orphan crops to diversify food systems and support human nutrition

Especially in low‐income nations, new and orphan crops provide important opportunities to improve diet quality and the sustainability of food production, being rich in nutrients, capable of fitting into multiple niches in production systems, and relatively adapted to low‐input conditions. The evolving...

Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2019

963) Farmers' access to quality and diverse seed in Nepal: Implications for seed sector development

Seed security is a prerequisite for food security of small-holder farmers. In the case of Nepal, the timely and sufficient supply of quality seed of high yielding varieties has the potential to increase crop yields. This study analyses rice and finger millet seed systems in Nepal, particularly Ghanpokhara,...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2018

964) Women Seed Saving Kenya

This video, produced by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA), shows the important role of women in saving seeds. As governments across Africa develop laws to deny farmers’ rights to exchange and sell local seeds, women are leading the fight to protect Africa’s sacred biodiversity. The Seed Savers...

Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2019

965) Potential Short-Term Memory Induction as a Promising Method for Increasing Drought Tolerance in Sweetpotato Crop Wild Relatives [Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin]

Crop wild relatives of sweetpotato are a group of species with potential for use in crop improvement programs seeking to breed for drought tolerance. Stress memory in this group could enhance these species’ physiological response to drought, though no studies have yet been conducted in this area. In...