Feeding fields
Most donor support for conserving crop diversity is concentrated in gene banks. Bell Batta Torheim argues that while gene banks provide back-up storage for seeds, only on-farm conservation guarantees their survival. She argues for more funding to go to farmers who maintain this genetic diversity through use.
 Bell Batta Torheim is Policy Advisor at Development Fund in Oslo. |
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