Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research

Eldis, one of a family of knowledge services from the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex has just made available a report of a country case study on the impacts of climate change and local people’s adaptation. The research sites are located in the karst mountainous region in 3 SW China provinces – Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan – [...]

Press release, 9 May 2012: Edible aroids network – a successful first year 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 project [...]

Crop wild relative serves to highlight the importance of crop wild relatives (CWR) as critical resources for the improvement of crops. It provides a medium to publicize information about the conservation and use of CWR, including updates on CWR conservation project activities, national CWR conservation strategies, and the use of CWR in crop improvement. Anyone with [...]