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

The milpa system is the basis of traditional agriculture in Mesoamerica. It is based on a
polyculture of maize (Zea mays L.), bean (Phaseolus spp.) and squash (Cucurbita spp.) and …

Simple Summary In Mexico, smallholder farmers produce locally adapted maize varieties,
generally called landraces, for food. They participate in the conservation of landraces by …

Maize is the main dietary cereal in Mexico and Central America, with annual per capita
consumption between 25.5 and 116.34 kg. Unfortunately, maize is highly susceptible to …

Maize is one of the major staple cereals in the world. The species has evolved for centuries
into hundreds of landraces, adapting to different agroecological niches under careful farmer …

This study reports on the adoption and impacts of CGIAR-related maize varieties in 18 major
maize-producing countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during 1995–2015. Of the 1345 …

Agricultural practices of smallholder farming systems of Latin America can play an important
role in reducing their exposure to the risks associated with climate extremes. To date …

Biotechnology has revolutionized agriculture through innovations such as genetically
modified (GM) technology and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. In this review, a comparative …

Crop landraces are genetically variable populations of agricultural plant species that
through natural evolution and farmers' selection and continuous cultivation have been …

Background Modern biotechnology is one of the last century's major advances in human
science. Particularly in the agronomical field, the landscape of crop improvement …