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Post-harvest criteria and methods for routine screening of banana and plantain hybrids
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104953
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This manual describes the key post-harvest criteria and methods/procedures for routine selection of new Musa hybrids. There are many post-harvest criteria for screening new banana, cooking banana and plantain hybrids, however the major ones include : post-harvest characteristics at harvest, fruit maturation, green-life and shelf-life, fruit ripening quality, sensory quality, cooking or boiling quality,…
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Plant genetic resources conservation and management
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104957
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This book, the first of its kind in the Indian context, will be found useful by researchers/users and curators engaged in plant genetic resources activities, by the teachers and post-graduate students in traditional and State Universities and equally so, by the policy-makers and conservationists advocating national concern on plant genetic conservation and management. It will also be of use to the PGR community within the region of South…
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Pili nut, Canarium ovatum Engl.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104960
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Canarium ovatum (known locally as pili and pilaui) is the most important nut-producing species in the Philippines. Although one of the more typhoon-resistant species, severe typhoons have led to significant destruction of pili trees. The most severe threat is posed by humans who have felled pili trees to sell as lumber or fuelwood in periods of food insecurity following a major typhoon. Collecting missions are needed to sample the remaining diversity. This…
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Physic nut, Jatropha curcas L.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104963
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This tropical crop is native to Mexico and Central America, but is cultivated in many other Latin American, Asian and African countries as a hedge. It has become of interest to various development agencies because it adapts well to semiarid marginal sites, its oil can be processed for use as a diesel fuel and it can be used for erosion control.This monograph has chapters covering the following aspects of J. curcas: names of the species and taxonomy; botanical…
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Peach palm, Bactris gasipaes Kunth
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104964
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Yielding fruits and palm hearts, peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) was a staple food crop for many pre-Columbian Amerindian communities in the lowland humid neotropics. The gene pool of cultivated peach palm and its wild relatives is rich in diversity but is subject to genetic erosion creating an urgent need to sample and conserve germplasm. This booklet provides an overview of existing knowledge of the genus with emphasis on genetic resources. Chapters cover…
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Valuing crop biodiversity: on-farm genetic resources and economic change
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104984
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This book examines the challenges faced by farmers trying to maintain crop biodiversity in developing and transitional economies. Using a collection of empirical case studies of farmers and crop scientists across a range of agricultural economies and income levels, it presents economic tools and methods for valuing and managing crop biodiversity. It discusses the economic benefits of crop biodiversity for farmers and…
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Agrobiodiversity: an introductory resource book for students
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104986
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This book in Nepalese language has been published by Nepal in situ Team for the school children to be taught in Schools in Nepal. Basically this book contains: Introduction on unique geography and socio-cultural settings of Nepal and overall biodiversity of Nepal (here information were illustrated with figures, tables and class exercise for students); what is biodiversity and its types (Ecosystem, Species and genetic diversity) (…
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Niger, Guizotia abyssinica (L.f.) Cass.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104987
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Indigenous in Ethiopia where it is grown in rotation with cereals and pulses, niger (Guizotia abyssinica) is an important oilseed crop supplying 50% of Ethiopian oilseed production. It is also grown in India in marginal areas where it contributes a small but important part of oilseed production (3%). This monograph describes the genetic resources of niger and reviews various aspects of its taxonomy and nomenclature, botany, reproduction, evolution…
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Manejo de la diversidad de los cultivos en los agroecosistemas tradicionales
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104991
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Las exigencias en materia de conservación de los recursos fitogenéticos requieren de la contribución de un gran número de actores para la formulación de estrategias apropiadas en función de la variabilidad de climas, eco y agrosistemas, heterogeneidad cultural, factores económicos y genéticos intrínsecos en el material a conservar. Las estrategias generales de conservación in situ y ex situ requieren del…
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Ecogeography, demography, diversity and conservation of Phaseolus lunatus L. in the Central Valley of Costa Rica
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105003
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Much has been said about the need to base biodiversity conservation strategies on solid scientific foundations, for example in international agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and The State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Of course, this requires data, often in large amounts. The task of collating and analyzing these…
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A situational analysis of agricultural production and marketing, and natural resources management systems in northwest Vietnam
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42265
Publication year
2014
Authors
International Livestock Research Institute
Full Citation
ILRI. 2014. A situational analysis of agricultural production and marketing, and natural resources management systems in northwest Vietnam. ILRI Project Report.…
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Twenty five years of international exchanges of plant genetic resources facilitated by the CGIAR genebanks: a case study on international interdependence
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66627
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This discussion paper, coordinated by Bioversity international and supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is submitted to the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing for its consideration…
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Research in development: learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75552
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This working paper aims to synthesize and share learning from the experience of adapting and operationalizing the Research in Development (RinD) approach to agricultural research in the five hubs under the The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems. It seeks to share learning about how the approach is working in context and to explore the outcomes it is achieving through initial…
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Marketing underutilized plant species for the poor: a case study of minor millets in Kolli hills, Tamil Nadu, India
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104068
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In this paper we are conducting an evaluation of the marketing development initiative for minor millets in the Kolli Hills by the concerned non-governmental organization. We analyze the recently-created market chain of minor millet crops along with the major actors involved, through a series of field visits and focus group discussions with the relevant stakeholders. Our main…
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Marketing underutilized crops: the case of the African garden egg (Solanum ethiopicum) in Ghana
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/104069
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The overall objective of this study is to analyze constraints affecting the African garden egg market chain in Ghana. Furthermore, to identify the factors that help determine the success of market chain development of garden egg in Ghana; and to analyze the effect of market development on biodiversity.
Publication year
2007
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