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Press release: Edible aroids network – a successful first year
Press release, 9 May 2012: Edible aroids network – a successful first year
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The International Network for Edible Aroids (INEA) is a consortium of scientists and growers from all over the world who are using edible aroids (taros) as a model to improve clonally propagated crops of the tropics. Supported by the European Union the INEA [...]
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Crop Wild Relative Newsletter – Conserving plant genetic resources for use now and in the future
Crop wild relatives are a critical resources for the improvement of crops. Find out more in this new issue of the Crop wild relative Newsletter!
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Sustainability issues in agro-ecology: Socio-ecological perspective
An open access article by S. Kumaraswamy in “Agricultural Sciences” journal
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From the online Abstract
In the recent past there has been concern to address the declining trends and deteriorating ecological elements and their functions in productive agricultural landscapes. The efforts to revive the ecological functions needs multiple scale approach, which include scientific understanding, time dependent restorative [...]
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High level policy dialogue between West African small scale farmers and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
High level policy dialogue between the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and small scale farmers on the priorities and governance of agricultural research for development in West Africa
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IIED, APPG on Agroecology, CNOP, Kene conseils, Centre Djoliba, IRPAD
This photo story highlights key moments in a policy dialogue on agricultural research for development that [...]
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Bioversity International 2012-2021 Strategic Priorities and Research Agenda
Bioversity International has recently published its strategic priorities and research agenda for the decade 2012 to 2021.
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Bioversity International is the only global non-profit research organization that places the use and conservation of agricultural biodiversity in smallholder farming systems at the centre of its work. Agricultural biodiversity is essential to help achieve global food and nutrition [...]
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Farming Matters March 2012: Insects on Farm
The March 2012 Issue of the Farming Matters Magazine “Small-scale agriculture for a sustainable society” focuses on insects on farms: “Friends or foes? Our love/hate relationship with insects”
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Insects pollinate crops and work as natural predators in the field. Yet insects often have a negative reputation in agriculture, and billions of dollars are spent every year [...]
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