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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
WI - Training programme for the food industry and agribusiness (FIAB) - Agribusiness Development and Supply Chain Management
DOCUMENTS
AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
EVENTS
Call for Submissions: BiD Network Photo Contest - "Entrepreneurship for Development" (Deadline: April 30, 2008)
Conference on Native Breeds and Varieties as part of natural and cultural heritage with international participation
Second PROTA International Workshop and Investors' Forum
PUBLICATIONS
‘Underutilized’ species, Rich potential is being wasted - English
‘Underutilized’ species, Rich potential is being wasted - German - Vernachlässigte' Arten, reiches Potenzial, wenig genutzt
‘Underutilized’ species, Rich potential is being wasted - Spanish - Especies 'subexplotadas', un rico potencial poco aprovechado
Breeding of Neglected and underutilised crops, species and herbs
Diversity, Productivity, Profitability, Sustainability, and the Tao of Underutilized Species
Technology transfer and Cooperation
WEBSITES
AGROnomy - portFOLIO: Benefiting from an Improved Agricultural Portfolio in Asia
CUC - Research Centre on Under-utilised Crops of the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment
Developmentgateway - NGO's
Frutales y Hortalizas Promisorios de la Amazonia
Rothamsted International
The International Centre for Underutilised Crops (ICUC)
BIOLOGY
WEBSITES
SAFRUIT - Sahelian Fruit Trees
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND ETHNOBOTANY
PUBLICATIONS
Domestication of indigenous ornamentals and the crop production challenges in MobyDick,
ASCLEPIAS SP.
in Kenya - Paper presented in the vi Intl. Symp.New Floricultural Crops (Madeira 11-15 June, 2007).
Ethnobotanical and agronomic evaluation of underutilized wild plant species of Lebanon
Nutzung von Purgiernuss (Jatropha curcas L.) zur Desertifikationsbekämpfung und Armutsminderung - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen technischer Lösungen in einem bestimmten sozio-ökonomischen Umfeld am Beispiel Kap Verde
WEBSITES
Grupo Etnobotánico Latinoaméricano (GELA)
Indigenous Plant Use Forum
LEGISLATION AND STANDARDS
PUBLICATIONS
The EU Novel Foods Regulation - its impact on trade in biodiversity products from developing countries
MANAGEMENT OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY
PUBLICATIONS
Estudio de los impactos sociales, ambientales y económicos de la promoción de la quinua en Bolivia
Promises and pitfalls of biofuels
MARKETS AND MARKETING
EVENTS
Contributions of under-utilised plant species to income generation and local economies
Improving the performance of supply chains in the transitional economies
PUBLICATIONS
Bewahrung durch Nutzung - Ökönomische Potenziale vernachlässigter Nutztiere und Kulturpflanzen in der ländlichen Entwicklung
Development of Underutilized Species - An Analysis of Best Practices based on Case Studies for Devil’s Claw, Quinoa and Physic Nut
Enhancing agrobiodiversity use: markets and chains (Training Workshop: Wageningen International 21 May - 1 June 2007)
Enhancing the value chain for markets for traditional producers of (neglected and underutilized) aromatic, vegetables and fruit species in the Near East: a pilot study in Syria
Exploiter pour conserver - Comment les animaux d’élevage et plantes cultivées délaissés constituent un potentiel économique pour le développement rural
Feeding the Market - South American Farmers, Trade and Globalization
Protection by utilization. Economic Potential of Neglegted Breeds and Crops in Rural Development
Strategies for Commercializing New Crops - Report of a Workshop February 27-28, 2003 St. Louis, Missouri
Workshop on High Value Products. Outcomes - Can high value agricultural products benefit the rural poor? A multi-stakeholder workshop examines the opportunities. Proceedings of a workshop 3 - 5 October 2005, CIAT, Cali, Colombia
WEBSITES
Australian Tropical Foods
DG Trade - Expanding Exports Helpdesk
Diligent Tanzania Ltd
Linking Farmers with Markets - ACIAR’s supply chains matter newsletter
Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL)
The Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries - CBI
West Africa Trade Hub
Winners & Losers - Investigating the human and ecological impacts of the commercialisation of non-timber forest products (NTFPs)
NUTRITION AND HEALTH
EVENTS
International workshop on Moringa in Accra in November
POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
PUBLICATIONS
Conservación mediante utilización - Los potenciales económicos de animales domésticos y cultivos subexplotados en el desarrollo rural
WEBSITES
Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops' Development in Asia and the Pacific (CAPSA)
The European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
POST HARVEST AND VALUE ADDING
PUBLICATIONS
A handbook for value chain research
WEBSITES
INPhO - Information Network on Post-harvest Operations
SOCIAL AND EQUITY ISSUES
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Rural Development and poverty reduction
WEBSITES
The Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources (SAFIRE)
World Challenge 2008
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