Using Neglected and Underutilized Species to empower women in Bolivia and India
7 October 2011 | Permalink [1]
Bioversity International's work on Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) is focused on understanding their potential as a development tool to help poor rural communities. NUS refers to species that are outside the mainstream of agricultural research and development yet are often more nutritious and resilient than modern staples such as rice or maize.
In this short video, Bioversity senior scientist Stefano Padulosi, talks about how an IFAD [2] supported Bioversity project in India and Bolivia, is encouraging women to reintroduce these traditional crops to family diets with the help of modern mechanical processing equipment.
[Read more about Neglected & Underutilized Species] [3]
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- On-farm conservation, neglected and underutilised species, and the challenge of climate change - a new Bioversity project [4]
- On farm conservation, neglected and underutilized species, and climate change - a new international effort [5]
- Payments for Agrobiodiversity Conservation Services [6]
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Web Address of the page:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/nus_bolivia_and_india.htmlLinks in this page
- [1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=4952
- [2] http://www.ifad.org/
- [3] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/neglected_underutilized_species.html
- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/neglected_underutilized_species/on_farm_conservation_neglected_and_underutilised_species_and_the_challenge_of_climate_change_a_new_bioversity_project.html
- [5] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/on_farm_conservation_neglected_and_underutilized_species_and_climate_change.html
- [6] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/pacs.html
- [7] http://www.new-ag.info/en/focus/focusItem.php?a=2372
- [8] http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/resources/extra/underutilized-species-where-are-we
- [9] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/announcements
- [10] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/research/sustainable agriculture/
- [11] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/bolivia
- [12] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/india
- [13] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/nus
- [14] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/women