Brazilian berries present great nutritional, functional and economic characteristics
comparable to temperate berries. They constitute an important innovation domain for the …

Traditional food systems offer a key link between the social and economic resilience of
smallholder farmers and pastoralists and the sustainable food and nutrition security of global …

Agroforestry tree domestication emerged as a farmer-driven, market-led process in the early
1990s and became an international initiative. A participatory approach now supplements the …

A agrobiodiversidade é a parcela da biodiversidade constituída por um conjunto de
organismos e ecossistemas que apresentam fortes relações com os seres humanos …

This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by
human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and …

We reviewed information on management of useful palms in South America. We
documented management for 96 species, from incidental activities intended to increase …

Diversas palmeiras nativas da Amazônia e outras regiões tropicais no Brasil tem sido objeto
de pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) desde o final da década de 1970, com resultados …

Peach palm fruit mesocarp (Bactris gasipaes var. gasipaes) is already consumed in the
Northern region of Brazil, after its cooking and is known as a source of starch and …

The peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is a palm tree native to the Amazon region, with
plantations expanding to the Brazilian Southwest and South regions. This work is a critical …

Abstract Background and Aims Secondary somatic embryogenesis has been postulated to
occur during induction of peach palm somatic embryogenesis. In the present study this …