Realizing the potential of neglected and underutilized crop species to strengthen food security, build resilience and empower the poor @BiovIntCIAT_eng
Rome, Italy
Joined September 2013
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Yes, and the thought that a handful of crops are "model crops" needs a reality check. A lot of research cannot be transferred from rice/maize/wheat to #underutilized crops, so for what are they a model? @NUS_Community
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"Demand for Indigenous Vegetables soar as residents grapple with Covid-19" says @KenyaNewsAgency : bit.ly/2BM47Mz Good for nutrition! @CovidFoodFuture @ImmaculateMaina @go_vegetables @KeEquityBank @APF_Kenya @mkulimayoung @NUS_Community @TwigaFoods
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Can you guess why scientist Stefano Padulosi is called "Rocketman"? 🚀 Hint: it's a different kind of rocket.
Learn more in his interview by @DaniNierenberg for @foodtank's latest #podcast 🎙️👇
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Don't underestimate the value of Nepal's traditional crops bit.ly/2ZzSy5f @AgroBioDiverse @BiovIntCIAT_eng @IFAD @FAO #biodiversity @UNVolunteers
#readingnow Leaky 2020: It is possible to diversify and rehabilitate degraded farmland with species producing highly nutritious and marketable traditional foods in ways that improve food production by conventional staple food crops! nature.com/articles/s43016-0…
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🌱It’s #BiodiversityWeek! We’re sharing Alliance biodiversity research outputs here all week, supporting @BiovIntCIAT_eng's full coverage.
📗1⃣ Read a framework linking indigenous knowledge of biodiversity & nutrition-sensitive ag 👉 hdl.handle.net/10568/102462
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On #EarthDay2020, we acknowledge the efforts of our researchers towards a resilient, climate-smart future. @amloboguerrero @CGIARclimate @CGIAR @EarthDayNetwork
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Special Issue "The role of #underutilized #crops in #sustainable #agriculture and #foodsystems"
More at mdpi.com/journal/sustainabil…
Submission deadline: 15 Dec 2020 @Sus_MDPI (IF 2.592; Q2)
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The @FAO shines a spotlight on overlooked and underutilized crops, which can:
🥢 Enrich our diets
🍈 Safeguard #agriculture
🌱 Combat #ClimateChange
🧠 Keep traditional knowledge alive
👩🌾 Boost the livelihoods of small farmers & producers
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We're bringing our Must See tour to you! Our plant of the month is Neolamarkia cadamba or Leichhardt Pine. This is a popular tropical tree that holds significance in Hinduism #RBGDaily
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🍈 ‘Orphan crops’ featured on @NatureGenet ➡️ Read what @RJamnadass says on this brilliant piece!
Crop yields are NOT synonymous to #nutritional #diversity.
Full article here 👉ow.ly/6GSH50yU27f
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🍈⚠️ @ScienceAfrica5 features the African Orphan Crop Consortium! Following her piece on @NatureGenet Dr Jamnadass from @ICRAF talks benefits and past neglect of these crops.
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👪 Time to invert tendency and give a family to these healthy little orphans!
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Resarch on fonio genomic diversity, an orphan crop from Africa
bioRxiv viewer disq.us/t/3nrlp4g
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Cajanus cajan es una especie originaria de la India, en Venezuela conocida como Quinchoncho. Acá vemos parte de la variabilidad genética de la especie en Venezuela.
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Native to Brazil and Uruguay, this is feijoa or pineapple guava. It is part of the Myrtaceae family, which includes myrtle, guava, clove and Eucalyptus. This plant is grown ornamentally and for its crimson marked green fruits which taste sweet like pineapple, hence the name.
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Cupuí (Theobroma subincanum) esta fruta del mismo genero del cacao, del copoazú y del bacao; crece en los departamentos de Amazonas, Meta, Putumayo y Vaupés. Es nativa del norte de Suramérica.
Los frutos son cosechados para consumo fresco y en jugos.
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Crop diversification is an important way to deal with risk, but getting to sound diversification strategies is not easy in practice (just more crops is not how it works!). @mvanzonneveld @turmel and Jon Hellin boil it down for us. frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Nutritious food prices to goUP due to #COVID19 so even more key to help valueChains as indigenousVegetables. Read HOW based on 7 @WOTRO transdisciplinary projects inAfrica:nwo.nl/en/research-and-resul… @BiovIntCIAT_eng @NUS_Community @IGG_NL @foodplatform @BiovisionAfrica @GAINalliance
Revitalizing cultivation and strengthening the seed systems of fonio and Bambara groundnut in Mali through a community biodiversity management approach cambridge.org/core/journals/…
New perennial grains in African smallholder agriculture from a farming systems perspective. A review link.springer.com/article/10…
