A wide range of crop genetic resources that are currently underutilised and/or could form the basis of new cropping approaches to respond to both climate change and social changes in food requirements and uses.
Solution
Reintroducing genetic resources with a status of underutilisation can trigger benefits in provisioning
agroecosystem services and supporting local, high-quality value chains in the overall framework of agroecological systems.
Description
This booklet is a guide to creatively think about planning and conducting participatory evaluation of underutilised genetic resources to increase crop diversity in sustainable farming and food systems. It incorporates the experience of the DIVERSIFOOD trials to evaluate underutilised crops and the lessons learned on how to plan and conduct such trials, including practical consideration and tips to facilitate their execution out of the controlled conditions of experimental stations while still obtaining detailed and relevant information.
In order to use the comment function, you must register with the third-party provider "Disqus".
When you activate this function, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of the third-party provider. We would like to point out that data is transmitted to the third-party provider after activation, and the latter may set cookies that can also be used for analysis and marketing purposes. For more information, please refer to our privacy policy.
Disqus
In order to use the comment function, you must register with the third-party provider "Disqus".
When you activate this function, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of the third-party provider. We would like to point out that data is transmitted to the third-party provider after activation, and the latter may set cookies that can also be used for analysis and marketing purposes. For more information, please refer to our privacy policy.
Activate