Food systems face new climatic and socioecological challenges and farmers need a
diversity of new plant varieties to respond to these. While plant breeding is important …

Grain storage loss is a major contributor to post-harvest losses and is one of the main
causes of food insecurity for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Thus, the objective …

Public sector seed programs in most sub-Saharan African countries targeted the
dissemination of quality seed of improved varieties in the 1970 and'80s, assuming that the …

Few studies have addressed the relationship between genetic diversity and provision of
ecosystem services in agroecosystems. In this review, we argue that the contribution of …

This paper reviews and discusses how studies on (i) on-farm diversity assessment,(ii)
access to diversity and information,(iii) extent of use of available materials and information …

Agricultural intensification with modern plant breeding focuses on few high-yielding crops
and varieties. The loss of traditional crop species and variety diversity contributes to the …

Seed policies primarily concentrate on the formal seed system, which supplies Sub-Saharan
African countries less than 20% of the total seed demand and involves only a limited number …

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

Reducing maize postharvest storage losses is a challenge for millions of smallholder
farmers in Mexico. A previous study documented the effects of storage technologies on …

Based on twenty years of global research, this is the first comprehensive reference on crop
genetic diversity as it is maintained on farmland around the world. Showcasing the findings …