Sentences with phrase «traditional crop varieties»

Luigi Guarino of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, a co-author of the paper, agreed: «Traditional crop varieties and their wild relatives found in one small part of the world could potentially be of use all over the world.

The discovery also demonstrates the importance of conserving the genetic diversity of traditional crop varieties such as Kasalath.

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Future crop improvement needs the genetic variation from traditional varieties and related wild species to cope with the many biotic and abiotic stresses that challenge rice production around the world.

Seguiro also said that GM corn are now contaminating traditional and native corn varieties thru cross pollination, rendering the country's second staple crop tainted with GM traits.

That's why the Rainforest Alliance works with farmers to advance a variety of strategies, such as crop intensification (growing more food on less land), and with traditional forest - dwellers to develop livelihoods that don't hurt forests or ecosystems.

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