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1406) An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce world
A recent study from the University of Arizona finds wild desert crops could be the key to sustainable farming in arid conditions. The article proposes reintroducing indigenous food crops to desert regions to bolster food security, restore local ecosystems, and improve community health. The researchers...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020
1407) International Options to Incentivise the Native Seed Sector
The native seed sector is an emerging sector around the globe, spurred by an increased focus on conservation and restoration. The purpose of the review is to identify international frameworks and legislation that might be applicable to Australia’s native seed sector in terms of their ability to incentivise...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2021
1408) Farm data management, sharing and services for agriculture development
This book aims to strengthen the skills of professionals who use, manage data for the benefit of farmers and farmers organizations by exposing them to the topics of importance of data in the agriculture value chain and how new and existing technologies, products and services can leverage farm level and...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1409) Strengths and weaknesses of organized crop seed production by smallholder farmers: A five-country case study
In many countries, smallholder farmers play a key role in food crop seed production. So far, the community roles, operational structures, seed production efficiency, aspects of sustainability, and the social and policy environments in which these groups operate have been poorly studied and described....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2022
1410) The role of genetic resources for food and agriculture in adaptation to and mitigation of climate change
As the pace of climate change is increasing, it is more important than ever to conserve, characterize and sustainably use genetic resources for food and griculture. Over millennia farmers, livestock keepers, fisherfolk and forest dwellers have adapted their production systems to changing environmental...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2022