In many areas of the world, current theories for agricultural origins emphasize yield as a
major concern during intensification. In Africa, however, the need for scheduled …

Abstract Background Medicinal plants (MPs) used by traditional healers (THs) were
investigated in Megera and adjacent subdistricts (kebeles) of Dalle District, Sidama Zone …

Focuses on the Aksumite state of the first millennium AD in northern Ethiopia and southern
Eritrea, its development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called …

Background Malaria remains a major health problem worldwide especially in sub-Saharan
Africa. In Kenya, 80% of the population is at risk of contracting the disease. Pregnant …

Page 1 IPGRI DFID Department for International Development Global research on
underutilized crops An assessment of current activities and proposals for enhanced …

Background. This systematic review aimed at examining the use patterns of Ethiopian
anticancer traditional medicinal plants (MPs) in view of recommending further validation …

Seed security is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries,
but it remains understudied in relation to long-term seed sector development. Here, we …

Five flavonol glycosides characterised as kaempferide 3-O-(2 ″, 3 ″-diacetylglucoside),
kaempferide 3-O-(2 ″-O-galloylrhamnoside), kaempferide 3-O-(2 ″-O-galloylrutinoside)-7 …

This paper argues that a comprehensive Multilateral System for plant genetic resouce for
food and agriculture is required which ensures the conservation of plant genetic resources …

The future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943,
one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of …