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Horticultural biodiversity to attain sustainable food and nutrition security.
Padulosi, S.; Sthapit, B.; Lamers, H.; Kennedy, G.; Hunter, D. (2018) Horticultural biodiversity to attain sustainable food and nutrition security. Proceedings of the International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1205 p. 21-34 ISBN: 978-94-62612-00-6 Permanent link to … Continue reading
NUS species in the spotlight
Next week in Accra, Ghana, The 3rd International Conference on: Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS): for a Food-Secure Africa will be held from the 25-27 September. The programme will be of great interest to researchers working in this field, and … Continue reading
2nd State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Report published
The FAO launched the 2nd State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture report (SoWPGR-2) yesterday. This second report provides a comprehensive overview of recent trends in PGRFA conservation and use around the world. It is based … Continue reading
Convention on Biological Diversity, COP 10
The 10th meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) has begun, with representatives from over 190 countries gathering in Nagoya, Japan. Some of the main issues that will be discussed at COP include access and … Continue reading
Food security: feeding the world in 2050. Current issue from Philosophical Transactions B
Each issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences is devoted to a specific area of the biological sciences. Our readers will be delighted to know that their current issue is dedicated to: “Food security: feeding … Continue reading
New publication on Maca
Bioversity International has recently released on their website a new publication that looks at the underutilised food crop Maca. (Lepidium meyenii) The publication is titled “The transition of Maca from neglect to market prominence: lessons for improving use strategies and … Continue reading
Farming diversity
Farming diversity. This is the title of the March issue of LEISA that has recently arrived on our desks. The issues is packed with interesting articles, we particularly liked “Small-scale farmers: the key to preserving diversity” which discusses the small farm … Continue reading
New books – December 2008
Here is a short list of our latest titles in the library. We will be posting more titles in the new year. Andersen, R. 2008. Governing agrobiodiversity: plant genetics and developing countries. Aldershot (UK): Ashgate. xxi, 420 p. ISBN: 978-0-7546-4741-6. … Continue reading
Lost fruits of Africa
Lost crops of Africa: Fruits is the third volume in the Lost Crops of Africa series that has been recently published. This volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food and cash-crops. It … Continue reading
Publication highlights role of ‘uncultivated biodiversity’ in South Asia
Uncultivated foods — leaves, fruits, small fish, mollusks and so on gathered from field borders, roadsides, forests, ponds and other ‘wild’ places — account for an average of 65% of the food weight and all of the fodder and fuel … Continue reading
The Agrobiodiversity Grapevine 