Local Initiatives for Biodiversity Research and Development

Publications

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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:

Simon De Boef W., M. H. Thijssen, P. Shrestha, A. Subedi, R. Feyissa, G. Gezu, A. Canci, M. A. J. Da F. Ferreira, T. Dias, S. Swain & B. Sthapit.2012. Moving Beyond the Dilemma: Practices that Contribute to the On-Farm Management of Agrobiodiversity. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 36:7, 788-809.
Bajracharya, J., R.B. Rana, D. Gauchan, B.R. Sthapit, D.I. Jarvis and J.R. Witcombe. 2010. Rice landrace diversity in Nepal. Socio-economic and ecological factors determining rice landrace diversity in three agro-ecozones of Nepal based on farm surveys. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 57(7): 1013-22.
Chaudhary P. 2010. Need-based and bottom-up approach for crop improvement. Science E-Letter, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/327/5967/818.
Gyawali, S., B.R. Sthapit, B. Bhandari, J. Bajracharya, P.K. Shrestha, M.P. Upadhyay and D. Jarvis. 2010. Participatory crop improvement and formal release of Jethobudho rice landrace in Nepal. Euphytica 176(1): 59-78.
Paudel B., P. Shrestha, B.B. Tamang and A. Subedi. 2010. Implementing ABS Regime in Nepal through Community Based Biodiversity Management Framework. Journal of Agriculture and Environment 11: 148-57.
Gautam, R., B. Sthapit, A. Subedi, D. Poudel, P. Shrestha and P. Eyzaguirre. 2009. Home gardens management of key species in Nepal: a way to maximise the use of useful diversity for the well being of poor farmers. Plant Genetic Resources 7(2): 142-53.
Gautam, R., R. Suwal and B.R. Sthapit. 2009. Securing family nutrition through promotion of home gardens: underutilized production systems in Nepal. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food Security, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development (2008: Arusha, Tanzania). Acta Horticulturae 806: 99-106.
Gautam, R., S. Sunwar, A. Subedi, P.K. Shrestha and B.R. Sthapit. 2009. Home gardens and their roles in domestication of wild and uncultivated plant genetic resources in Nepal. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Underutilized Plants for Food Security, Nutrition, Income and Sustainable Development (2008: Arusha, Tanzania). Acta Horticulturae 806: 677-84.
Regmi, B.R., G. Kafle, A. Adhikari, A. Subedi, R. Suwal and I. Paudel. 2009. Towards an innovative approach to integrated wetland management in Rupa lake area of Nepal. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning 2(4): 80-5.
Steele, K.A., S. Gyawali, K.D. Joshi, P. Shrestha, B.R. Sthapit and J.R. Witcombe. 2009. Has the introduction of modern rice varieties changed rice genetic diversity in a high-altitude region of Nepal? Field Crop Research 113(1): 24-30.
Gautam, R., B. R. Sthapit, A. Subedi, D. Poudal, P. K. Shrestha and P. Eyzaguirre. 2008. Home Gardens Management of Key Species in Nepal: A Way to Maximise the Use of Useful Diversity for the Well Being of Poor Farmers. Plant Genetic Resources Characterization and Utilization (2008): 1-12. doi:10-1017/S1479262108110930.
Jarvis, D.I., A.H.D. Brown, P.H. Cuong, L. Collado-Panduro, L. Latourniere- Moreno, S. Gyawali, T. Tanto, M. Sawadogo, I. Mar, M. Sadiki, N.T.N. Hue, L. Arias-Reyes, D. Balma, J. Bajracharya, F. Castillo, D. Rijal, L. Belgadi, R. Rana, S. Saidi, J. Ouedraogo, R. Zangre, R.O. Keltoum, J.L. Chavez, D. Schoen, B. Sthapit, P. De Santis, C. Fadda and T. Hodgkin. 2008. A global perspective of the richness and evenness of traditional crop genetic diversity maintained by farming communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(14): 5326-31.
Kafle, G. 2008. Otters in Nepal: An Urgent Need for Action. Journal of Wetlands Ecology. 1(1/2).
Kafle, G., M. Cotton, J. R. Chaudhary, H. Pariyar, H. Adhikari, S. B. Bohora, U. K. Chaudhary, A. Ram and B. Regmi. 2008. Status of and Threats to Waterbirds of Rupa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal. Journal of Wetlands Ecology - 1(1/2).
Rana, R.B., C.J. Garforth and B. Sthapit. 2008. Farmers’ management of rice varietal diversity in the mid-hills of Nepal: implications for on-farm conservation and crop improvement. Plant Genetic Resources 7(1): 50-62.
Rana, R. B., C. Garforth and B. R. Sthapit. 2008. Farmers’ Management of Rice Varietal Diversity in the Mid Hills of Nepal: Implications for On-Farm Conservation and Crop Improvement. Plant Genetic Resources Characterization and Utilization 28:1-14 doi: 10.1017/S1479262108048259
Sthapit, B.R., P. Eyzaguirre, D. Jarvis, R. Rana. 2008. The value of genetic diversity to resource-poor farmers in Nepal and Vietnam. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6(2): 148-66.
Subedi, A., J. Bajracharya, B.K. Joshi, S.R. Gupta, H.N. Regmi and B.R. Sthapit. 2008. Locating and managing the mango (Mangifera indica L.) genetic resources in Nepal. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 155: 52-61.
Subedi, A., J. Bajracharya, B. K. Joshi, S. R. Gupta, H. N. Regmi and B. R. Sthapit. 2008. Locating and Managing the Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Genetic Resources in Nepal. Plant Genetic Resource Newsletter 155: (accepted).
Suwal, R., B. R. Regmi, B. Sthapit and A. Shrestha. 2008. Home Gardens are within the Reach of Marginalized People), LESIA. Pp 34.