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Responsible plant nutrition: A new paradigm to support food system transformation
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119318
Abstract
The coming 10–20 years will be most critical for making the transition to a global food system in which mineral nutrients in agriculture must be managed in a more holistic manner. Fertilizers play a particular role in that because they are among the key drivers for securing global food security and improving human nutrition through increased crop yields and nutritional quality. A new paradigm for responsible…
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Benefits of selected land management practices on ecosystem services: case studies in four watersheds of Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119326
Publication year
2023
Authors
Adimassu, Zenebe
Tamene, Lulseged D.
Full Citation
Adimassu, Z.; Tamene, L. (2022) Benefits of selected land management practices on ecosystem services: case studies in four watersheds of Ethiopia. International Journal…
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Breedbase: a digital ecosystem for modern plant breeding
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119327
Abstract
Modern breeding methods integrate next-generation sequencing (NGS) and phenomics to identify plants with the best characteristics and greatest genetic merit for use as parents in subsequent breeding cycles to ultimately create improved cultivars able to sustain high adoption rates by farmers. This data-driven approach hinges on strong foundations in data management, quality control, and analytics. Of crucial importance is a central…
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Diversity and traditional use knowledge of medicinal plants among communities in the South and South-Eastern zones of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119343
Abstract
In the present study, the diversity of medicinal plants (MPs) and associated traditional knowledge of rural community herbalists to treat human and animals’ diseases were assessed in two districts in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Study participants were randomly selected for survey and focus group discussions, while key informant traditional…
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Impact of seed system interventions on food and nutrition security in low and middle-income countries: A scoping review
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119361
Abstract
The role of seed systems in nutrition of smallholder farmers has received little attention. This review mapped evidence of impact on nutrition, identifying themes from 43 studies as direct seed supply, improving seed access, and adoption of improved seed. Results had more positive than mixed/negative impacts on food security, household resilience, dietary quality, and…
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Prioritizing international agricultural research investments: lessons from a global multi-crop assessment
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119299
Abstract
Investments in international agricultural research have proven very successful at an aggregated level over the past decades. Decision makers, however, face the tough question of how best to allocate limited public funds across increasingly diverse research areas to achieve the largest impacts. Simultaneously, donors demand more accountability from research institutions with regards to…
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Diversity of Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) landraces from Liangshan, Southwest China: Evidence from morphology and SSR markers
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119400
Abstract
Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) has been cultivated for over one thousand years in the Liangshan Prefecture of Sichuan, China. Growing population pressures, economic modernization pressures, and the erosion of traditional culture have led to the rapid loss of area covered by Tartary buckwheat landraces. Morphological and molecular characterization…
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Enabled or disabled: is the environment right for using biodiversity to improve nutrition?
Teresa Borelli
A new paper discusses the benefits of biodiversity for nutrition and explores what an enabling environment for biodiversity to improve nutrition might look like.
A new paper entitled ‘Enabled or disabled: is the environment right for using biodiversity to improve nutrition?’ discusses the…
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Krishi Pandita agriculturalist award granted to custodian farmer in India
A close associate of the Tropical Fruit Tree Project, Prasad Rama Hegde, recently received the prestigious Krishi Pandita award for his work on agricultural biodiversity.
Indian farmer Prasad Rama Hegde recently received the Krishi Pandita award from the state of Karnataka. The national award is granted to farmers who have…
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Food systems for a sustainable future – interlinkages between biodiversity and agriculture
M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, welcomes the newly published report from the recent 8th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, in particular, its recognition of the essential role that integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services plays in improving food systems and agricultural sustainability.
M. Ann Tutwiler,…
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Cooperation and competition to conserve native diversity in Peru
As part of an incentive scheme in Peru to conserve quinoa biodiversity, farming communities received rewards, such as mattresses and spades, for cultivating priority conservation varieties of quinoa.
Spades, wheelbarrows, cement and mattresses - just some of the rewards handed over to 6 farming communities for cultivating priority conservation…
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La cooperación y la competencia para conservar la diversidad nativa en Perú
Como parte de un esquema de incentivos para conservar la biodiversidad de quinua en el Perú, comunidades agrícolas recibieron recompensas, como palas y colchones, por cultivar las variedades de quinua designadas como prioritarias para la conservación.
Read the article in English here.
Palas, carretillas, bolsas de cemento y…
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Making millets matter in Madhya Pradesh
A decline in minor millet cultivation rings true across much of India. Yet a country wide revival of this cereal crop is in motion. Farmers are once again recognizing and asserting the value of minor millets, a cereal crop that was once central to their culture.
This month's special edition of Farming Matters – Revaluing traditional plants –looks at the growing…
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Fruits of labour: One year after establishing genetic garden in Bengaluru, India
A year after Bioversity International opened a genetic garden in Bengaluru, India, scientist Shankar Dandin reports on the impact of underutilized fruit crops in the region.
In April 2015, Bioversity International opened a genetic garden in Bengaluru, India that conserves native fruit plants. A year after the garden was…
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Putting biodiversity back on the menu in Brazil
New Ordinance signed on Sociobiodiversity will help to increase knowledge and promote sustainable use of native biodiversity
Bioversity International Senior Scientist, Danny Hunter, together with Lidio Coradin, from the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, talk about the importance of the first official publication in Brazil that recognizes a list of native…
