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Agricultural Biodiversity

Maybe he’d like to have a look at the the Crop Trust’s endowment fund for SDG 2.5 ? Shout out for the Access Agriculture farmer-to-farmer educational video platform from the Seed System Newsletter. Those farming project don’t have to involve orphan crops , but it wouldn’t hurt. Ok, do Genesys next.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

Seed detective Adam Alexander travels to the Kor çë region to discover how regenerative horticulture is holding up. Collective farms grew local varieties and saved the seed of landraces that flourished in the varied growing environments across the country. In many regions farmers began planting modern, imported cultivars.

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Mexico’s Corn Defenders Honored with Environmental Prize

Food Tank

When I arrived in Mexico City nine years ago to research the effort by citizen groups to stop multinational seed companies from planting genetically modified corn in Mexico, the groups had just won an injunction to suspend planting permits. They know maize is different.” He said with a smile, “The judge surely eats tacos. He was right.

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From Faltering to Flourishing: Local Food Supply Chains are Making a Comeback 

Agritecture Blog

Everything from the number of farms, to the types of crops, to how they get to market, have all become more consolidated in recent decades. Because of the political and scientific focus on staple grain production, just three crops (wheat, rice and maize) make up almost half of global calorie consumption.

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124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!

Food Tank

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. Nobody wants farmers in urban and rural contexts to go hungry,” Reverend Eugene Cho, CEO and President of Bread for the World tells Food Tank.

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