Latin American effort to rejuvenate crop collections rooted in the origins of agriculture
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 04:01
in Earth & Climate
Crop specialists in Central America announced today that a major rescue effort is underway in one of the heartlands of ancient agriculture to regenerate thousands of unique varieties of coffee, tomatoes, chili peppers, beans and other major crops through a partnership between the Global Crop Diversity Trust and 19 Latin American genebanks.