TABLE 1.

Summary of the nine criteria and the scores assigned to each CWR and its associated crop.

	No.	Criteria	Score 1 - Low	Score 2 - Medium	Score 3 - High
Associated crop	I	Crop Importance Score (IS)	IS ≤ 0.2	0.2 < IS ≤ 0.4	IS > 0.4
	II	World native distribution of the crop	Native out Africa	Native to Africa, excluding West Africa	Native to West Africa and other regions
CWR	III	CWR genetic potential as gene donor	GP3 or TG3	GP2 or TG2	GP1 or TG1)
	IV	Number of associated crops	1	2	3
	IV	CWR status in Cabo Verde	Introduced, native from regions out of Africa	Introduced, native in Africa but not in Cabo Verde	Native in Cabo Verde
	VI	Distribution in Cabo Verde (number of islands)	≥6 islands	4–5 islands	1–3 islands
	VII	Area of occupancy (AOO)	>40 km2	21–40 km2	≤20 km2
	VIII	World native distribution	Native out Africa	Native to Africa, excluding West Africa	Native to West Africa and other regions
	IX	Ethnobotanical uses	≤2 uses	3–4 uses	>4 uses