Semantics for Biodiversity – International Workshop
The 1st international workshop on Web Semantics for Biodiversity, held on 27 May in Montpellier, France, will define key challenges identified by the bioinformatics community, discuss solutions and identify opportunities emerging from interactions across plant science and informatics disciplines.
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Meet our fellows: Marius Ekué
Ackee is a tropical West African fruit tree that plays an important role in rural livelihoods and traditional agroforestry systems in Benin. The research Marius carried out during his fellowship involved collecting information about traditional knowledge and use of the species, its genetic diversity, as well as its market value and landscape needs.
Upcoming training course on value chain research - extended deadline
Fonio is one of priority species for neglected and underutilized species (NUS) research in West Africa. To improve the quality of applied research on value chains of priority NUS crops, we are organizing a training course and inviting candidates from Benin, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria or Senegal to send applications by 5 August. Photo: Emilia Tjernström/Flickr
PhD Fellowship for a national of Benin: Food Security and Nutrition
fellowship opportunity in food security and nutrition for the nationals coming from Benin
The Global Diversity of Taro: ethnobotany and conservation
Taro Leaf Blight is devastating crops in West Africa. A new Bioversity publication on taro diversity offers potential solutions.
We are what we eat - Selected Foods from West Africa
A new data table of food composition data for traditional West African foods.
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