A global agenda for neglected and underutilized species (NUS)

A global agenda for neglected and underutilized species (NUS)

A global agenda for neglected and underutilized species (NUS)

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Background document for the International Seminar on Traditional and New Crops to Meet the Challenges of the XXI Century held in Cordoba, Spain, 10-13 December 2012

Available in Spanish and English.
Una agenda global para las especies olvidadas e infrautilizadas (NUS)[Esp]

Evidence is mounting regarding the significance of NUS in nutrition, income generation, maintenance of ecosystem health, and empowerment of the poor and the marginalized, as well as in promotion of cultural diversity and in re-affirming people's identity. But to realize these potentials on a large scale, a greater injection of human and financial resources is needed. Interventions badly needed in support of NUS include the development of better varieties, improved cultivation practices, enhanced value addition technologies, better access of producers to markets, validation and promotion of nutritional benefits, more effective maintenance of genetic and cultural diversity on-farm, sustained capacity building of stakeholders groups, and supportive policies at national and international levels.