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1466) The State of Family Farms in the World
2014 was the United Nations’ International Year of Family Farming, yet the importance of family farming for global food security is still surprisingly poorly documented. This paper shows that globally family farms constitute over 98% of all farms, and work on 53% of agricultural land. Across distinct...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Africa
Publication year: 2016
1467) Key descriptors for Strychnos cocculoides (Monkey orange)
This Descriptor list consists of an initial minimum set of characterization and evaluation descriptors for Strychnos cocculoides. This strategic set aims at facilitating access to and utilization of this African indigenous fruit tree. It does not exclude the addition of other descriptors at a later date....
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global; Africa
Publication year: 2021
1468) Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential
Seed systems for roots, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops receive relatively little attention from development-oriented research and commercial seed sector actors, despite their importance for food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods. We review RTB seed systems—with particular reference to potato,...
Subject: Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
1469) Implementing Farmers' Rights relating to seeds
The concept of Farmers’ Rights recognized the role of farmers as custodians of biodiversity and helped to draw attention to the need to preserve practices that are essential for sustainable agriculture. This paper examines one particular aspect of such rights, perhaps the most controversial. It deals...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1470) Impact of participatory sorghum breeding in Burkina Faso
An ex post analysis of the impact of research projects related to Participatory Breeding (PB) of sorghum in Burkina Faso was carried out in 2015 and 2016 using the “Impress” method developed by CIRAD. The sorghum PB approach emerged in Burkina Faso in the late 1990s as a response to the very low...
Subject: Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020