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From eyebrow beans to ‘lost’ rice: community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops

Despite being relatively new in China, community-led seedbanks are a valuable resource in conserving agricultural biodiversity. For the first time, researchers have provided a comprehensive summary of the services performed by 27 seedbanks across the country.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherAlliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Publication year2021
RegionsAsia
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/community-seedbanks-in-china
KeywordsCommunity seed banks; Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Agricultural biodiversity