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Guatemalan Atlas of Crop Wild Relatives hot off the press

23 Nov 2011

The Atlas of Guatemalan Crop Wild Relatives, a new web tool designed to facilitate the conservation and use of crop wild relatives in Mesoamerica, has been released.

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Wild rice to provide “gene toolkit” for crop improvement

9 Sep 2010

Increased interest in CWR as sources of genetic traits is confirmed by multi-million dollar award by NSF

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Plant Treaty call for proposals to build capacity for in situ conservation and use of CWR.

7 Sep 2010

Plant Treaty call for proposals to build capacity for in situ conservation and use of CWR.

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CWR for food security: Interview with Gary Paul Nabhan

7 Sep 2010

CWR for food security: Interview with Gary Paul Nabhan

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Conserving 'Ecologically sensitive areas' in India, holding CWR

7 Sep 2010

Conserving 'Ecologically sensitive areas' in India, holding CWR

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Rethinking the role of CWR

7 Sep 2010

Andy Jarvis explains why CWR are increasingly on demand and why there is growing interest in conserving CWR diversity as opposed to specific traits for crop improvement.

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