Pseudo grains and adaptiveness in the Eastern Himalayas

为不断增长和变化的地球提供足够的食物是人类在未来几十年必须面对的关键挑战之一。我们的研究旨在通过研究对喜马拉雅东部重要的两种作物：荞麦和薏米的驯化历史和传播，为解决这一问题提供解决方案。我们将使用民族语言学的方法来记录这些作物的当前用途，然后结合考古学和遗传学的方法来确定喜马拉雅山脉东部是否曾经是这些作物的驯化中心。结果将包括民族语言文献、驯化时间和相关土著社区的培训。

Providing enough food for a growing planet and changing is one of the key challenges humanity must face in coming decades. Our research aims to contribute solutions to this problem by researching the domestication history and spread of two crops that are important to the eastern Himalayas: buckwheat and job's tears. We will use ethnolinguistic methodologies to document the current uses of these crops, and then incorporate archaeological, and genetic methodologies to determine whether or not the eastern Himalayas have been centres of domestication for these crops. The outcomes will include ethnolinguistic documentation, timing of domestication, and training in the relevant indigenous communities.