Buckwheat is a sixth staple food crop after rice, wheat, maize, finger millet, and barley in
Nepal. It is considered as an alternate cereal and poor man's crop, representing an …

Nepal has a wide diversity of rice landraces in all rice-growing areas from low to high
altitude. A baseline survey in Jumla, a high-altitude site (2200–3000m), identified rice …

A network in a social system refers to the interpersonal relationship of a set of persons
connected together through flow of information or goods, or implementation of joint activities …

Abstract Geographically, Jumla is a Himalayan mountainous region located in the Karnali
Province of Nepal. It has a beautiful landscape with abundant plant and animal species and …

The paper presents the status of home gardens in Nepal. It analyses the research and
development issues necessary for home gardens to be included as a strategy for in situ …

Social seed systems are important for the maintenance of crop genetic diversity on farm.
This is governed by local and informal system in the community through a farmers' network …

Crop genetic resources constitute an important aspect of biodiversity conservation, both
because of their direct value to the farmers and due to their indirect global value. This study …

Agricultural biodiversity is the foundation of agriculture. Crop genetic diversity, a part of
agricultural biodiversity, is one of the most important resources that smallholder farmers …

Community seed banks in Nepal: Past, present, future COMMUNITY SEED BANKS IN
NEPAL Past, Present, future Proceedings of a National Workshop, 14-15 June 2012 …

In Nepal, in traditional rice farming systems many diverse landraces are grown in all of the
rice agro-ecosystems from low to high altitude. Three case study sites were selected to …