This article explores the future potential for DOI numbers to be used in identifying plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Tag - food security
Nigel Chaffey
Don’t ignore the ‘orphans’!
The FAO has launched a ‘traditional crop of the month’ site to generate more appreciation of the nutritional – and often medical – benefits of food plants.
Sustainable intensification in agricultural systems (Invited Review)
Sustainable intensification (SI) is a process or system where agricultural yields are increased without adverse environmental impact.
botanyone
Using Plant and Crop Extracts to Enhance Rural Household Food Security
Various plants, crops and extracts have been used over several generations to contribute to household food and nutrition security in semi-arid areas (Khan, et al. 2013; , Smith, et al. 2007; Schipper, 2000; Heslop...
Edward Mutandwa
Can intensification be sustainable?
Contemporary interest in agricultural sustainability can be traced to environmental concerns that began to appear in the 1950s and 1960s. However, concepts and practices about sustainability date back at least to the...
Jules Pretty
Quinoa – Agricultural Policy and Bolivian Public Health
The search for healthy, gluten free, vegetarian alternatives to a traditional meat heavy diet has led to a massive increase in demand for the grain Quinoa.
annbot
What bacteria are in your banana?
Bacteria in innumerable numbers share a deep and integral association with bananas, but show apparently mutualistic benefits with no obvious adverse effect.
AJ Cann
Understanding Cassava to Feed Africa
Cassava is often seen as a poor cousin in the world's staple crops but is vitally important in sub-Saharan Africa.
Scaring the crows…
One way of increasing crop productivity is to increase the amount of grain or other harvestable product that is actually harvested from the plant. To that end scarecrows were invented by human beings, although their...
A bit of warmth and we all go bananas!?
In a warming world, could bananas really replace potatoes?
Breeding strategies for forage and grass improvement
The November issue of Annals of Botany features a Highlight section focussing on the often neglected area of forage, turf and bioenergy crops. The eight papers cover a wide range of subjects, from a general overview of...
Hard-up botanist, please give generously
Times are hard; everybody wants more (but seems to be getting less…), many demands are placed upon the flimsy, finite finances of states and their funding agencies. But if future food and energy supplies are to be...
New journal
A timely boost to much of the research showcased in the previous items – about the UKPSF’s conference earlier in 2012 – should come from BioMed Central’s newly launched Agriculture & Food...
