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- Management and sustainable use of medicinal and aromatic plants as a contribution to the valorisation of the rural areas: an ethnobotanical approachPublication . Bettencourt, Eliseu; Dias, S.; Rocha, Filomena; Lopes, Valdir Rocha Duarte; Barata, Ana Maria; Carvalho, Ana MariaFor more than three decades the Portuguese Gene Bank (INRB.IP/BPVG) has been collecting, documenting, characterising and conserving biological diversity and plant genetic resources (PGR) of crops and species, which include medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) traditionally used in Portugal. Over a four-year period, the BPVG and other 8 national partners were engaged in a broader research project (Agro 34) conducted in different Portuguese regions aiming to select MAP target taxa, considering important factors such as ecogeographic distribution, biological and sociocultural importance, genetic distinctiveness, potential economic use, threat of genetic erosion, current conservation status, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) status, cost, feasibility and sustainability of the conservation and use, and particular/relevant contributions to rural development and local/regional subsistence.
- Traditional varieties and associate produces: conserve to valorize.Publication . Barata, Ana Maria; Rocha, Filomena; Lopes, Violeta R.; Gaspar, Carlos; Bettencourt, Eliseu; Carvalho, Ana MariaDiversity is an important approach to plant genetic resources conservation. Landraces and farmer varieties are essential elements of agroecosystems. Several ethnobotanical surveys carried out in different Portuguese regions highlighted the importance of some agroecosystems and enhanced biological, cultural and heritage values of local knowledge, plant-use systems and traditional landscapes.Such importance and rich heritage are based in particular agricultural and wild crops well adapted to edaphic, climatic and productive conditions, as well as to social, economic and regional requirements. For decades, these species and crops have supplied people’ nutrition, and balanced diets, and have also ensured primary health care needs. They may not last if seeds, propagules, practices and traditional knowledge are not guaranteed.