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1081) Agrobiodiversity promotion through diversity fairs
In Nepal, SD=HS project supports small holder farmers (particularly women) to increase their intake of nutritious food based on the local biodiversity and management of Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS). One of the approaches to achieve this goal is farmer field school (FFS) approach. This blog...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Asia
Publication year: N/A
1082) Who controls the seeds, controls life: an approach to transgenics in Colombia
The article explains how, from the Western perspective, seeds have been conceived as an “object” that can be modified in a laboratory and marketed in the global agro-industry market, generating a set of reflections on the “promises” of eradicate hunger in the world through the massive production...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1083) Pearl Millet as a Sustainable Alternative Cereal for Novel Valueadded Products in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] is an underutilized small grain, nutrient-rich cereal crop cultivated in the arid and semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. However, several barriers exist that preclude the full exploitation of the crop such as low yield, inadequate processing technologies,...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1084) Demand and Supply of Crop Infraspecific Diversity on Farms: Towards a Policy Framework for On-Farm Conservation
Interest is increasing worldwide in on-farm conservation as a component of a strategy to conserve crop genetic resources. On-farm conservation may require outside support to small-scale farmers in areas of crop domestication and diversity. This paper argues that crop infraspecific diversity maintained...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2001
1085) How to do note: Mainstreaming NUS in national policy for nutrition outcomes
This How to Do Note is part of a series of five Notes that accompany the NUS Operational Framework. The How to Do Notes offer recommendations on practical methods, approaches, and tools for use-enhancement of NUS in both design and implementation of IFAD-funded projects to support more nutrition-sensitive...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021