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Food for thought: The underutilized potential of tropical tree‐sourced foods for 21st century sustainable food systems
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110551
Abstract
The global food system is causing large‐scale environmental degradation and is a major contributor to climate change. Its low diversity and failure to produce enough fruits and vegetables is contributing to a global health crisis. The extraordinary diversity of tropical tree species is increasingly…
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Making room for manoeuvre: addressing gender norms to strengthen the enabling environment for agricultural innovation
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108281
Abstract
Local gender norms constitute a critical component of the enabling (or disabling) environment for improved agricultural livelihoods – alongside policies, markets, and other institutional dimensions. Yet, they have been largely ignored in agricultural research for development. This viewpoint is based on…
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How to develop and manage your own community seed bank: Farmers’ handbook (updated version). Establishing a community seed bank: Booklet 1 of 3
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92000
Abstract
This handbook is a companion to Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. (2020). Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook (updated version). Bioversity International, Rome, Italy (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81286).
The three booklets making up this…
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The future of smallholder farming in India: Some sustainability considerations
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108171
Abstract
The biodiverse, predominantly crop-livestock mixed-farming in India is key to ensuring resilience to climate change and sustainability of smallholder farming agroecologies. Farmers traditionally grow diverse crops as polyculture, and agriculture is mainly organic/biodynamic with spirituality in food systems deeply ingrained. Job-driven out-…
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Evidence for the role of biodiversity in supporting healthy, diverse diets and nutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108176
Publication year
2020
Authors
Hattersley, Libby
Cogill, Bruce
Hunter, Danny
Kennedy, Gina
Full Citation
Hattersley, L.; Cogill, B.; Hunter, D.; Kennedy, G…
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The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109190
Abstract
The role of plant breeding in adapting crops to climate changes that affect food production in developing countries is recognized as extremely important and urgent, alongside other agronomic, socio-economic and policy adaptation pathways. To enhance plant breeders’ capacity to respond to…
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Nourishing people, nurturing the environment: biodiversity for food systems transformation and healthier diets
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108175
Publication year
2020
Authors
Hunter, Danny
Borelli, Teresa
Gee, Eliot
Full Citation
Hunter, D.; Gee, E.; Borelli, T. (2020) Nourishing people,…
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Compendium of indicators for food system assessment
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108652
Publication year
2020
Authors
Kennedy, Gina
Rota Nodari, Giulia
Trijsburg, Laura
Talsma, Elise F.
Haan, Stef de
Evans, Bob
Hernández, Ronald
Achterbosch, Thom…
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The ABC of mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition: concepts, theory and practice
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108177
Publication year
2020
Authors
Gee, Eliot
Borelli, Teresa
Moura de Oliveira Beltrame, Daniela
Neves Soares Oliveira, Camila
Coradin, Lídio
Wasike, Victor W.
Manjella, Aurillia…
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The changing nature of our food systems
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106540
Abstract
The wealth of national food supply data, collected over decades by member states of the Food and Agriculture Organization, provides intriguing insights into regional transitions.
Publication year
2020
Authors
Remans, Roseline
Full Citation…
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Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106484
Abstract
Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is the major starch staple of the Ethiopian Highlands, where its unique attributes enhance the food security of approximately 20 million people and have earned it the title “The Tree Against Hunger…
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Wild food plants and trends in their use: from knowledge and perceptions to drivers of change in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109398
Abstract
Wild food plants (WFPs) are often highly nutritious but under-consumed at the same time. This study aimed to document the diversity of WFPs, and assess perceptions, attitudes, and drivers of change in their consumption among Minangkabau and Mandailing women farmers in West Sumatra. We applied a mixed…
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Mobilizing agro-biodiversity and social networks to cope with adverse effects of climate and social changes: experiences from Kitui, Kenya
Bioversity International (Bioversity International)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67489
Publication year
2012
Authors
Fujimura, R.
Morimoto, Y.
Maundu, P.
Inoue, M.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
Full Citation…
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How to develop and manage your own community seed bank: Farmers’ handbook (updated version). Technical issues: Booklet 2 of 3
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92001
Abstract
This handbook is a companion to Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. (2020). Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook (updated version). Bioversity International, Rome, Italy (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81286).
The three booklets making up this handbook were written…
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Start me up! Food biodiversity and youth-led innovations
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108190
Publication year
2020
Authors
Gee, Eliot
Lee, Hyunju
Full Citation
Gee, E.; Lee, H. (2020) Start me up! Food biodiversity and youth-led innovations. In: Hunter, D.; Borelli, T.; Gee, E. (eds.) Biodiversity, food and…
