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 …

Key message Status of the current outbreak of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) in Southeast
Asia was reviewed. Healthy cassava seed production and dissemination systems have been …

Seed systems research is central to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals. Improved varieties with promise for ending hunger, improving nutrition, and …

CONTEXT Small farms rely on a range of nature's contributions to people (NCPs) provided
by crop diversity, covering both material and immaterial dimensions that are crucial for …

Smallholder farmers require seed systems that can meet diverse functions: move a range of
planting material; spread specialty varieties (climate-resilient or nutrient-dense varieties); …

Cassava mosaic disease, one of the ten most economically important crop viral diseases in
the world, was first reported in Southeast Asia from a single plantation in Cambodia in 2015 …

Emergent agricultural pathogens cause severe damage worldwide and their invasive
potential is significantly increased by global trade, crop intensification and climate change …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a rainfed, smallholder-produced crop in mainland
Southeast Asia, and is currently facing a serious challenge posed by the introduction of …

Accessible, high-quality seed is vital to the agricultural, food, and nutrition sovereignty
needed for justice-based sustainable development. Multiregion, interdisciplinary research …

Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus (SLCMV), the primary pathogen responsible for cassava
mosaic disease in cassava plantations, is transmitted via infected cutting stems and the …