Agro-biodiversity conservation initiatives: Nepali farmers show the way
Efforts made by Nepali farmers guided by LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development) a Pokhara-based NGO makes for an interesting case study in organic farming. The study shows how different local varieties of rice, finger millet, taro, sponge gourd, pigeon pea, and cucumber were successfully crossed with wild types to create improved varieties of food plants.
You can read more about it here at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-110870-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Efforts made by Nepali farmers guided by LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development) a Pokhara-based NGO makes for an interesting case study in organic farming. The study shows how different local varieties of rice, finger millet, taro, sponge gourd, pigeon pea, and cucumber were successfully crossed with wild types to create improved varieties of food plants.
You can read more about it here at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-110870-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
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