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| Gruere, Guillaume P.; Giuliani, Alessandra; Smale, Melinda. |
| Modern crop production is based on only a few plant species. Particularly in marginal environments of developing agricultural economies, many less well-known agricultural or non-timber forest species, continue to be grown, managed or collected, thus contributing to the livelihood of the poor and to agricultural biodiversity. Some of these species, called underutilized plant species, are characterized by the fact that they are locally in developing countries but globally rare, that scientific information and knowledge about them is scant, and that their current use is limited relative to their economic potential. In this paper, we first identify the economic factors that cause these plants to be ‘underutilized’. Based on this analysis, we propose a... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Underutilized species; Agricultural biodiversity; Agricultural marketing; Agricultural development; Niche markets; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55418 |
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| Gruere, Guillaume P.; Nagarajan, Latha; King, E.D.I. Oliver. |
| Minor millets are examples of underutilized plant species, being locally important but rarely traded internationally with an unexploited economic potential. In the Kolli hills of Tamil Nadu, India, a genetically diverse pool of minor millet varieties are grown by the tribal farming communities to meet their subsistence food needs. Most of these minor crops were not traded outside the farming community. Despite a consumption preference among the farming communities for minor millets, in the recent past the acreage under minor millet crops have declined considerably due to the availability of substitute cash crops. As a response, the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) based in Chennai has led targeted conservation cum commercialization intervention... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Underutilized species; Agricultural marketing; Collective action; Agrobiodiversity; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47910 |
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