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1626) Folk knowledge of wild food plants among the tribal communities of Thakht-e-Sulaiman Hills, North-West Pakistan
Indigenous communities of the Thakht-e-Sulamian hills reside in the North-West tribal belt of Pakistan, where disadvantaged socio-economic frames, lack of agricultural land and food insecurity represent crucial problems to their survival. Several studies in diverse areas worldwide have pointed out the...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2016
1627) Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate
As climate changes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Africa’s “forgotten” food crops offer a wide range of options to diversify major staple production as a key measure toward achieving zero hunger and healthy diets. So far, however, these forgotten food crops have been neglected in SSA’s climate-change...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2023
1628) Diversity and use of wild and non-cultivated edible plants in the Western Himalaya
Local people in the Himalayan region use a wide range of wild and non-cultivated edible plants (WNEPs) for food, spice, medicinal, and cultural purposes. However, their availability, use, status and contribution to livelihood security are poorly documented, and they have been generally overlooked in...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2018
1629) Safeguarding a global seed heritage from Syria to Svalbard
This paper presents the story of the rescue and reconstitution of the unique seed collection held in the international genebank of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Syria. Being among the first depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, ICARDA managed to safety...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Near East; Europe
Publication year: 2020
1630) On the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Genebank: An Interview with Professor Michael Abberton
To celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity, Professor Michael Abberton, Head of the Genetic Resources Center (IITA), discusses the crucial roles of genebanks in the conservation, distribution and utilisation of genetic resources to promote a sustainable future for food amid global threats...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020