African elders’ knowledge vital to climate-proof global crops
cg.contact | mainawaruru@gmail.com | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.contributor.center | Independent / Not associated | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | CGIAR Research Program on Wheat - WHEAT | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | Global Crop Diversity Trust - GCDT | en_US |
cg.contributor.project | DIIVA-PR: Dissemination of Interspecific ICARDA Varieties and Elites through Participatory Research | en_US |
cg.contributor.project-lead-institute | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA | en_US |
cg.creator.id | Bassi, Filippo: 0000-0002-1164-5598 | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | wild plants | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | crop wild relatives | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | genetic diversity (as resource) | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | Sorghum | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | Rice | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | Eggplant | en_US |
dc.contributor | Bassi, Filippo | en_US |
dc.creator | Waruru, Maina | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-24T20:17:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-24T20:17:17Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Village elders in Africa played a crucial role in a global seed-collecting project that aims to bolster food security in a changing climate. Through cross-breeding common crops with their wild relatives, scientists plan to create strains that are better able to cope with higher temperatures and extreme weather. | en_US |
dc.identifier | https://sciafmag.com/2020/02/03/african-elders-knowledge-vital-to-climate-proof-global-crops/ | en_US |
dc.identifier | https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/1f071bc29c662dc9c098a907dd85fb36/v/8b404ec5314e3816270340243514080d | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Maina Waruru, Filippo Bassi. (3/2/2020). African elders’ knowledge vital to climate-proof global crops, in "Scientific African Magazine". | en_US |
dc.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/10822 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 | en_US |
dc.subject | global crops | en_US |
dc.subject | seed-collecting | en_US |
dc.title | African elders’ knowledge vital to climate-proof global crops | en_US |
dc.type | News Item/Press Item | en_US |
dcterms.available | 2020-02-03 | en_US |
mel.project.open | https://mel.cgiar.org/projects/diivapr | en_US |