Resources Tagged: Underutilized Crops

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  1. Lessons learned from an ex-post evaluation of the introduction and promotion of grain amaranth program in eastern Africa: 1998-2008

    2015-11-17 This workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn more from a evaluation done six years after finishing a 10-year promotion of amaranth initiative that World Renew spearheaded in East Africa through their partnerships, especially in Kenya and Uganda. It will go over the scope, purpose,...
    Amaranth Nutrition Participatory Lear... Project Evaluation Underutilized Crops

  2. Specialty and Minor Crops Handbook

    Key Resource 1998-02-01 Handy for commercial producers as well as backyard gardeners, this useful guide for growers and sellers of niche market produce provides detailed information about growing specialty crops that are growing in popularity among consumers. Includes 63 crop sheets from arugula to radicchio, basil to...
    Varieties Vegetables Underutilized Crops Food Crops

  3. World Agroforestry Center

    The research of the World Agroforestry Centre works towards more productive, diversified, integrated and intensified trees and agroforestry systems that provide livelihood and environmental benefits, including: Enriching the asset base of poor households through farm-grown trees. Maximizing the...
    Agroforestry Key Resource Trees Underutilized Crops Seed Sources Germplasm

  4. ICARDA - The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

    ICARDA works with a tight focus on the problem-solving needs of resource-poor farmers, achieving this through the in-field delivery of its research outputs. Although global food production has increased by 20 per cent in the past decade, food insecurity and poverty remain widespread, while the...
    Key Resource Underutilized Crops Dryland Farming

  5. CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture

    Our mission is to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture. CIAT’s staffincludes about 200 scientists. Supported by a wide array of donors,the Center collaborates with hundreds of partnersto...
    Key Resource Underutilized Crops

  6. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

    The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international non-profit organization that undertakes scientific research for development.
    Dryland Farming Key Resource Underutilized Crops

  7. Bioversity International: Research for Development in Agricultural and Tree Biodiversity

    Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization. We have a vision – that agricultural biodiversity nourishes people and sustains the planet. We deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity...
    Key Resource Underutilized Crops East Africa

  8. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

    The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the world's leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Our award-winning research for development (R4D) addresses the development needs of tropical countries. We work with partners to...
    Food Crops Key Resource Underutilized Crops

  9. Disease-Resistant Tepary Beans Now Available

    1995-03-19 Tepary beans are a very drought resistant bean.
    Underutilized Crops Tepary Beans Legume Beans

  10. Katuk, Sauropus Androgynous, A Great Vegetable For The Hot, Humid Tropics (With A Caution)

    1998-02-19 Katuk,Sauropus androgynous, is an excellentvegetablefor hot, humid climates. It has a pleasant peanut-like taste when eaten raw and the cooked leaves taste excellent as spinach.
    Dark Green Leafy V... Underutilized Crops Katuk Nutrition