Lost crops of Africa: Fruits is the third volume in the Lost Crops of Africa series that has been recently published.
This volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food and cash-crops.  It assesses the potential of each fruit to help overcome malnutrition and boost food security. Each fruit [...]

Here’s a listing of some more new additions to our library:

Badstue, L.B. 2006. Smallholder seed practices: maize seed management in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. Wageningen (The Netherlands): Wageningen Univ.. xiv, 327 p., ill. ISBN: 90-8504-502-9.
Notes: Wageningen Univ. thesis. Contains summary in Dutch. 2 copies..
Call No: 631.53(72) B14
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Rios Labrada, H. [...]

From today through to August 30, 2008, all CGIAR Center staff can read from their desktop the full text of 140 e-books in all subject suites of CAB’s e-book collection. The subject collections included are:
* Animal and Veterinary Sciences
* Human, Food and Nutrition Sciences
* Plant Sciences
* Leisure and Tourism
* Environmental Sciences
The e-books may [...]

In need of some summer reading? Take a look at the interesting new books now available at the Bioversity Library.

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Sahai, S.; Mahanta, B.; Ahmed, W. 2005. Farmers’ perception of agrobiodiversity: a study in
North India. New Delhi (India): Gene Campaign. 41 p., graphs.

Call No: 631.14(540) Sa1
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Nazarea, V.D. 1998. Cultural memory and biodiversity. [...]