Hot commodity: Researchers hope to teach farmers to use and conserve native plants

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dc.contributor.authorEstrada, Deanneen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Philippinesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:45:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:45:39Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.description.abstractBy reintroducing native foods in a region of the Philippines plagued by poverty and degraded natural resources, researchers hope to teach farmers how to use and conserve plants, improve family nutrition by diversifying the diet, increase incomes, and enhance biodiversity. They also are documenting residents' knowledge of native plants' medicinal values.en
dc.description.notesME (Management Entity)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier4015en
dc.identifier.citationOutreach Now 4:1 (March)en
dc.identifier.other4015_veggies4outreach.docen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68282en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBlacksburg, VA: Office of Outreach and International Affairs, Virginia Techen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.outreach.vt.edu/Publications/OutreachNow/outreach_now_2008.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMarket demanden
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectSustainabilityen
dc.subjectIncome diversificationen
dc.subjectAgricultural ecosystemsen
dc.subjectBiodiversity conservationen
dc.subjectIndigenous planten
dc.subjectModel farmen
dc.titleHot commodity: Researchers hope to teach farmers to use and conserve native plantsen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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