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371) Building Valorisation Strategies for Biodiverse Products - The Approach
The market valorisation of "diverse food products" is crucial to increase diversity in farming systems. It involves multiple actors, from the field to the table, and requires an integrated approach to take into account several dimensions involved. This factsheet presents five cases developed by DIVERSIFOOD,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2018
372) Crop wild relatives in the South African development community
The countries of the South African Development Community (SADC) are facing unprecedented challenges related to food security, climate change and poverty reduction. The conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives (CWR), which is worth an estimated US$120 billion globally, should be an urgent...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
373) Collaboration to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming system that promotes minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and diversification of plant species can efficiently increase agricultural productivity while reducing land degradation and improving soil health for more productive, profitable, and sustainable...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
374) Agroforestry Heritage Systems as Agrobiodiversity Hotspots. The Case of the Mountain Oases of Tunisia
Traditional agricultural systems are receiving increasing attention at the international level due to their multifunctional role. The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) aims to identify agricultural systems of global importance,...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
375) Seed Investments: Best Practices & Progress Made
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has made significant investments in enhancing seed systems’ growth in Africa. Through active engagement in the seed sector, the organization has accumulated a wealth of experience on seed systems in different countries in Africa. This article shares...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020