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1556) The Gwich'in and their Traditional Foods
In recent decades Indigenous Peoples globally have experienced rapid and dramatic shifts in lifestyle that are unprecedented in history. Moving away from their own self-sustaining, local food systems into industrially derived food supplies, these changes have adverse effects on dietary quality and health....
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2019
1557) Community Seedbanking to Improve the Resilience of Farmers: the Case of Kiziba Seedbank in Uganda
The Kiziba seedbank was established in June 2010 in Kabwohe site, Uganda, as part of a project to improve the productivity and resilience of seeds for farmers through enhanced use of crop varietal diversity, focusing on Common bean and Banana. Common bean has been primarily managed by women, therefore...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017
1558) Lost Crops of Africa - Volume II: Vegetables
This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food-...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2006
1559) Promoting small seed packs to improve smallholder farmers’ access to quality seed
Smallholder farmers face a number of challenges accessing seed in the traditional size bags. ISSD Ethiopia and partners work on initiatives to promote more accessible small seed packs. The small pack approach allows farmers to get more access to new varieties, and to test them at low risk. A small pack...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1560) Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa: A Conceptual Framework for Creating Coherence Between Practices, Programs, and Policies
This paper is a partial result of the authors' facilitation and coordination of the Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa Project (ISSD Africa), which was implemented by Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR) in collaboration with the Commission of the African Union, in the...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2011