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Research brief: Value chain and market potential of minor millets to strengthen climate resilience, nutrition security and incomes in India
This value chain analysis was completed by E.D. Israel Oliver King, G. Meldrum, N. Kumar, Lauridsen N., C. Manjula, S. Padulosi, M.N. Sivakumar, R....
Food systems for healthier diets in Ethiopia: Toward a research agenda
While dietary energy supply has improved, diets in Ethiopia remain low in diversity and provide insufficient amounts of protein, vitamin A, and zinc....
Implementing the Plant Treaty’s multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in Rwanda: Background analysis, recommendations and draft legal text for consideration
The study analyzes options for implementing the Plant Treaty's multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in Rwanda.
The study includes an...
Aplicacion del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogeneticos y el Protocolo de Nagoya de forma que se respalden mutuamente: Casos practicos para su consideracion por parte de los coordinadores nacionales y otras partes interesadas.
Bioversity International trabaja con una amplia gama de asociados internacionales y nacionales para aplicar el Tratado Internacional sobre los...
Genetic diversity of Ceiba pentandra in Colombian seasonally dry tropical forest: implications for conservation and management
Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) are one of the most degraded vegetation types worldwide and in Colombia<10% of the original cover remains....
Bangladesh: the importance of farmers’ seed systems and the roles of Community Seed Wealth Centers.
This brief describes the most recent activities of UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative) to support the the Nayakrishi Seed Network...
Atelier de renforcement des capacites des chercheurs des centres du CGIAR et des SNRA a aborder les questions relatives aux politiques dans le domaine des ressources genetiques, 27-30 novembre 2017, ICARDA, Rabat, Maroc
Le module de politique relatif à la plateforme du CGIAR sur les banques de gènes, en collaboration avec ICARDA, a organisé l’« Atelier de renforcement...
Workshop to strengthen the capacity of scientists from CGIAR Centres and NARS to deal with genetic resources policy issues, 27-30 November 2017, ICARDA, Rabat, Morocco.
The CGIAR Genebank Platform Policy Module, in coordination with the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), organized...
¿Contribuyen las reservas comunitarias de semillas a la resiliencia socio-ecologica? – un caso de estudio en la Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala
A community seed bank is a locally governed and managed, mostly informal institution whose core function is to maintain seeds for local use,...