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Strengthening the community seed banks in South Africa
Since 2013, DAFF and Bioversity International have been working together to establish and support community seed banks as a means to strengthen...
Pathways to sustainable land-use and food systems: 2019 Report of the FABLE Consortium
This first report by the FABLE Consortium presents preliminary pathways towards sustainable land-use and food systems prepared by the 18 country teams...
Experiencias de restauración y fuentes semilleras en el bosque seco tropical del norte del Perú: Estado actual y lecciones aprendidas
Este informe proporciona un análisis de 86 experiencias de restauración y 45 fuentes semilleras en el bosque seco tropical del norte del Perú que fue...
Can agricultural citizen science improve seed systems? The contributions of crowdsourcing participatory variety selection through on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies
Using on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies (tricot) for crowdsourcing participatory variety selection is a new citizen–science methodology for...
Chaya: La Cocina como herramienta de desarollo
La chaya, conocida también como espinaca Maya por sus propiedades nutricionales, es un super alimento ancestral de Guatemala. Este libro presenta una...
Chaya: vegetal maya que enriquece la dieta de Mesoameirda durante todo el ano
Chaya (Cnidoscolus acontifolius) was domesticated by Mayan peoples in pre-Columbian times. Due to its high nutritive value, tolerance to heat and...
Tepary bean: Nutritious and drought-hardy crop for climate adaptation in Mesoamerica
Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) is a legume crop that originated in the southwestern USA and central Mexico and is grown as far south as El...