Crop diversity underpins the productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity of agriculture.
Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms …

Warming and drought are reducing global crop production with a potential to substantially
worsen global malnutrition. As with the green revolution in the last century, plant genetics …

Crop landraces have unique local agroecological and societal functions and offer important
genetic resources for plant breeding. Recognition of the value of landrace diversity and …

Biological collections are a critical part of the nation's science and innovation infrastructure
and a fundamental resource for understanding the natural world. Biological collections …

Leveraging innovative tools to speed up prebreeding and discovery of genotypic sources of
adaptation from landraces, crop wild relatives, and orphan crops is a key prerequisite to …

Societal Impact Statement The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17
calls for “strong global partnerships and cooperation” to support the other SDGs. The …

Over the course of history, humans have moved crops from their regions of origin to new
locations across the world. The social, cultural and economic drivers of these movements …

Landraces and indigenous varieties comprise valuable sources of crop species diversity.
Their utilization in plant breeding may lead to increased yield and enhanced quality traits, as …

Domestication is an ongoing well‐described process. However, while many have studied
the changes domestication causes in plant genetics, few have explored its impact on the …

The international collections of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA)
hosted by 11 CGIAR Centers are important components of the United Nations Food and …