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1401) Crowdsourcing vegetables for farmers’ livelihood improvement: a novel collaborative pilot in Uganda. Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region project
East West Seed and Bioversity International, in collaboration with the Wageningen Center for Development Innovation, the World Vegetable Centre and National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)-Uganda, are combining the East West Seed (EWS) farmer training approach and Bioversity International’s...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
1402) Crop wild relatives in durum wheat breeding: Drift or thrift?
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are an important source of genetic diversity for crop improvement. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of deploying CWRs in durum wheat [Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren] breeding. A set of 60 accessions was selected to include cultivars...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1403) BSF project "Community Based Conservation, Utilization and Management of Climate Adapted Sorghum, Pearl-Millet, Cowpea and Bambaranuts in Matebeleland South Province of Zimbabwe"
Food insecurity is sharply increasing in Zimbabwe due to a hazardous reduction in annual rainfall. Temperatures are also rising, leading to high evapotranspiration and hence further water loss. Climatic changes have significantly reduced yields, particularly of cereals such as maize. Traditional ‘small...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
1404) Food Forever Initiative
Food Forever is an initiative to show that biodiversity is key. If we do it right and we do it together, food can drive the positive changes our world needs.The goal of the Initiative is to rally the support necessary from all stakeholders – be it politicians, farmers, chefs, businesses, or individuals...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1405) Varietal Timelines and Leadership Challenges Affecting the Legacy of Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov - with Dr. Joel Cohen - Podcast
Podcast episode - Nikolai Vavilov was an agronomist and seed collector whose life spanned the regimes of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. These were years plagued by extreme famine, especially in the Ukraine. Vavilov strove to follow Mendelian science and practices to improve plant breeding programs,...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021