Recursos Etiquetado: Underutilized Crops

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  1. Indigenous Peoples Are Vital for Food System Stability

    This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9, is an opportunity to celebrate the ecological and cultural value of indigenous foodways. In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly declared the day to encourage the world to protect and promote the rights of indigenous...
    Underutilized Crops

  2. Remembering forgotten crops – developing new value chains

    The potential of so-called underutilised crops for human nutrition and as a source of income for poor farmers in the Global South was discussed at the Elsevier International Conference on Global Food Security in Cape Town, South Africa. Researchers from Kenya, Germany and the USA presented their...
    NUS Underutilized Crops

  3. Production of Vegetable Fern (Diplazium esculentum Reytz.) Under Varying Levels of Shade

    1/3/2021 Several species of edible ferns exist around the world, ranging from the tropics to more temperate regions, and most commonly include the bracken ferns (Pteridium spp.), ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris), and the Stenochlaena spp. ferns. However, the focus of this study is on the vegetable...
    Ferns Wild Plants-Edible Underutilized Crops diplazium esculentum Shade-Tolerant Plants Asia

  4. Bambara groundnut Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc

    1/1/1997 This publication is a summary of the proceedings of the workshop on conservation and improvement of bambara groundnut presented in November 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 165 pages, illustrations, photos
    Bambara groundnut Underutilized Crops

  5. Nutritious products: Fighting food insecurity with indigenous plants

    In Niger, a social enterprise is using local plants that are resistant to the arid climate of the Sahel to produce nutritious food. The result is better incomes for farmers and a preserved environment. The nutritional value of the leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds of some 15 wild plants are being...
    NUS Underutilized Crops Nutritional Value Nutrition West Africa

  6. 2018 Cambodia Seed Saving & Soil Health Training

    Resources in this collection include presentations from theSeed Saving & Soil Health Training in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 5-6 August 2018. This training focused on seed saving, seed production of under-utilized species, soil health and integrated pest management. This training was organized...
    Seed Saving Soil Health Integrated Pest Ma... Underutilized Crops Seed Production Asia

  7. African Orphan Crops: Their Significance and Prospects for Improvement

    This special issue of the ATDF Journal is dedicated to the Orphan Crops of Africa. Although orphan crops are also known by different names (e.g. underutilized-, lost- or disadvantaged-crops), they all refer to a group of crops that are vital to the economy of developing countries due to their...
    NUS Underutilized Crops

  8. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: Growing market demand for underutilised species

    There are around 30,000 edible plant species in the world, but just 30 species of crop account for 95% of what we eat. Most edible plant species – known as neglected and underutilised species (NUS), or orphan crops – are overlooked in agricultural development. These crops are often nutrient rich...
    NUS Underutilized Crops

  9. Chaya

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    1/1/2006 El Dr. Martin Price, cofundador de ECHO y antiguo jefe del Departamento de Recursos Agrícolas de ECHO, afirma, “Yo consideraría la chaya como una de las cinco plantas alimenticias más importantes subutilizadas que ECHO distribuye. Le doy esta clasificación por su habilidad de prosperar en...
    Chaya Cnidosculous chaya... Underutilized Crops

  10. Cultivos infrautilizados que darán abundancia a las fincas pequeñas

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    9/2/2018 Las dietas tradicionales solían incluir una amplia variedad de ingredientes provenientes de una amplia gama de plantas silvestres y domesticadas. Las cocinas regionales eran determinadas por especies nativas en sus ambientes locales y por plantas adoptadas gradualmente procedentes de lugares...
    Underutilized Crops Squash and Gourds ... Leafy Vegetables Perennial Vegetables Grain Legumes (Pul... Pulses Grain Crops Grains