Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 27, 2025

Painting the diversity of a world’s favorite fruit: A next generation catalog of cultivated bananas. Chromosome-scale reference genome of an ancient landrace: unveiling the genetic basis of seed weight in the food legume crop pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan ). Sounds like hard work. But worth doing? Chromosome painting, that is.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 2, 2025

…though that’s only the first step… Comparing fresh root yield and quality of certified and farmer-saved cassava seed. …to getting quality seeds into farmers’ fields. Resumption of chestnut cultivation in Lombardy: starting from native genetic resources. a traditional African vegetable.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Can seed exchange networks explain the morphological and genetic diversity in perennial crop species? Wild species can be used to improve the late blight tolerance of cultivated potatoes. Limited-transpiration trait in response to high vapor pressure deficit from wild to cultivated species: study of the Lens genus.

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Food Tank

MARCH 20, 2024

Through ongoing engagement with community members, NAS began a seed banking initiative to help them work toward food sovereignty. Their training programs educate farmers on the value of seed banking, strengthening local understanding of seed systems, and helping producers establish independent seed banks in their own communities.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 7, 2025

We plant everything deepfor instance, the corn goes 18 inches deep, depending on where the seeds will find moisture.” ” His seeds rely on the humidity from the melted winter snow and annual monsoon rains in June. Traditionally, Hopi women are the seed keepers, and the art of dry farming starts with the right seeds.

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Food Tank

MARCH 1, 2024

Especially in recent years, spending time with my hands in the soil—tending to seeds and seedlings—can feel beautiful and almost spiritual. To read more about Indigenous cultivation, check out Iwigara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science by Enrique Salmón. Where do you source seeds?

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Food Tank

AUGUST 26, 2024

Seeds for Resilience , a project of Crop Trust , is working to strengthen gene banks across sub-Saharan Africa. Our aim is to try and safeguard as much diversity as possible,” Matthew Heaton, Project Manager of Seeds for Resilience, tells Food Tank. Another goal of the Seeds for Resilience is supporting gene bank infrastructure.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. The 800-square-foot basement and garage provide ample space for germination, cultivation and packaging, he says, with the vertical shelf configuration leaving plenty of room to grow. “I Photography submitted by Don DiLillo, Finest Foods.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Afro-Indigenous harvests: Cultivating participatory agroecologies in Guerrero, Mexico. Interdisciplinary insights into the cultural and chronological context of chili pepper ( Capsicum annuum var. domestication in Mexico. About the only thing that’s missing here is traditional knowledge.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this episode of Voices from the Field , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Gabriella Soto-Velez talks with Bonnetta Adeeb, founder of Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance, a nonprofit collective of BIPOC growers, farmers, and gardeners who cultivate and distribute heirloom seeds and grow culturally meaningful crops.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 29, 2024

They called the plants sisters to reflect how they thrived when they were cultivated together. They selected seeds for many different traits, such as flavor, texture and color. For centuries before Europeans reached North America, many Native Americans grew these foods together in one plot, along with the less familiar sunflower.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 3, 2024

Evaluating responses by ChatGPT to farmers’ questions on irrigated lowland rice cultivation in Nigeria. Simulating pollen flow and field sampling constraints helps revise seed sampling recommendations for conserving genetic diversity. Fancy software can be better than extension workers.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The 2022 Student Organic Seed Symposium and the 2021 Northeast Organic Seed Conference built robust and lasting collaborations. Organic production of crop seeds and transplants. Managing soil health, pests, and diseases in protected cultivation such as high tunnels. Climate resilience strategies for organic systems.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Intellectual property rights and heirloom seed savers are doing their best to keep things just the way they are, but is that a good thing? They are around, of course, but Chris Smith, writing in The Guardian, thinks seedsavers should stop obsessing over heirloom seeds and let plants change. He definitely has a point.

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

When it comes to precision farming, implement drift is one factor that can play havoc with field operations, such as planting and strip tillage, and the precise placement of seed and fertilizer and other inputs. Read More

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 23, 2023

Farmers Weekly Cereal growers are being urged to reduce the risk of aphid-borne barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) by controlling volunteer cereals through desiccation or cultivation well before drilling their next cereal crop.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Seeds of knowledge: paving the way to integrated historical and conservation science research. Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds. Conserving the genetic diversity of domesticated species needs to combine traditional knowledge and seeds. Yes, definitely archaeology is needed too.

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Groundnuts, also known as peanuts, are a widely cultivated legume with numerous agricultural and economic benefits. They thrive in warm climates and are grown for their edible seeds used in various products. This guide provides detailed insights on groundnut farming. Groundnuts grow best in sandy, well-drained soils.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 18, 2024

Cultivating prosperity in Rwanda: the impact of high-yield biofortified bean seeds on farmers’ yield and income. Supporting NUS is going to need the knowledge of farmers… African indigenous vegetables, gender, and the political economy of commercialization in Kenya. …especially women farmers. Up to a point.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Farmers Weekly We have struggled to terminate fertility leys with shallow cultivations before establishing our first wheats this year, due to a wetter autumn. It has taken four to five passes to get a seed-bed.

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ATTRA

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This relationship, cultivated over generations, has been lost for many, replaced by a sense of disconnection from the land that once fed, healed, and sustained entire communities. Together, we can cultivate a world where rural communities flourish, the land is cherished, and every field tells a story of hope and renewal.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 4, 2023

As their farm community gains new members, new seeds from their native countries, such as Korea and Italy, are added to the vast collection now cultivated at Norwich Meadows Farm. The post Meet the Flavor-Focused Farmers Cultivating More Than a Thousand Crops appeared first on Modern Farmer.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Well, as it happens, my colleagues and I recently checked out a project the Crop Trust is supporting in Suriname that involves the regeneration and safety duplication in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault of Maroon rice varieties. Bambara groundnut), as seeds lost viability during the farmer’s absence.

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Agric4profits

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Ogbono plant cultivation, also known as Irvingia gabonensis, has gained popularity for its nutritious seeds, which are widely used in various culinary dishes ac

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Agric4profits

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Curry farming is an agricultural practice that focuses on cultivating curry plants for their leaves and seeds, which are used in various culinary dishes. This guide will help you understand the essential steps for growing and maintaining a successful curry farm.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2023

On this episode of The Sharp Edge, Jantzi and Maizex Seeds agronomist Henry Prinzen dig into the farm’s weed control strategy, which is designed to deliver high-yielding organic. Weed control in organic soybeans can be challenging but new technology is helping Brandon Jantzi and his family keep it clean at Janlan Farms near Baden, Ont.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 7, 2025

We plant everything deep, for instance, the corn goes 18 inches deep, depending on where the seeds will find moisture, relying on the humidity from the melted winter snow and annual monsoon rains in June. Traditionally, Hopi women are the seed keepers, and the art of dry farming starts with the right seeds.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Peanuts farming involves the cultivation of peanut plants, which are legumes grown primarily for their edible seeds. As a versatile crop, peanuts serve both human consumption and industrial uses, making them a key player in global food production. This… Read More » Complete Practical Guide on Peanuts Farming

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Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Arizona has been at the forefront of conservation efforts, protecting CWRs on public lands like the WCBA, at botanical gardens like at the Desert Museum, and at seed banks. Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. Our seeds are very resilient,” said Johnson.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Securing seeds and equipment and building climate-smart infrastructure like greenhouses, requires funding. And increasing funding for research on climate-resilient and high-value diverse crops includes developing improved varieties and dissemination of knowledge about their cultivation and utilization.

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Food Tank

JULY 12, 2024

Unfortunately, he says, many crops, particularly Indigenous crops, have been lost over time and are no longer cultivated. The process of rematriating seeds is critical, Johnson says. These seeds are looked at as having life, almost like a human being,” he tells Food Tank. They’re a backbone of our community.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The Canadian NC1 ripens early, with fewer smooth black seeds than other varieties. Indigenous people first cultivated it in woodlands, using the tree’s fibrous inner bark to make ropes and string and its leaves and stems as medicine. The Allegheny’s yellow flesh brings a pop of citrus flavor. A pawpaw tree in winter.

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NASDA

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Working in an industry that covers all Oklahomans means Arthur collaborates with division directors on a wide range of issues from wildfire management to seed and fertilizer regulation to policy issues. We always like to remind our consumers, no matter where they live – in an urban area or a rural area – agriculture is very important to them.”

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He’s been collecting seeds for years. “I I seek out purity of ingredients, those that speak to my heart, and that is why for the last 10 years I’ve been collecting heirloom wheat seeds—to one day plant and watch them grow, to learn from them, and pass on their radiant life force through a loaf of bread, from the heart,” Velazquez said.

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Agric4profits

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Anise farming involves cultivating the anise plant, scientifically known as Pimpinella anisum. Farmers often grow anise in areas with moderate temperatures and low humidity to ensure high-quality seed production. This herb thrives in well-drained, fertile soil with plenty of sunlight.

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Agric4profits

JULY 16, 2024

Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), evergreen shrub or tree of the sumac family (Anacardiaceae), cultivated for its characteristically curved edible seeds, which

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