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Looking ahead the next 50 years, researchers and farmers have significant anxiety about continuing to produce enough food for the world’s growing population under the stressors of climate change. Crop wild relatives (CWR) of potato contain valuable traits that can be transferred to consumer varieties to help ensure reliable yields and high-quality potatoes to help shore up food and nutrition security for vulnerable families. Harvesting the valuable traits of CWR also requires that we preserve these valuable varieties to ensure their future use to strengthen our food systems.
This two-day panel discussion – sponsored by the International Potato Center and the Crop Trust – will explore the value and qualities of CWRs (day 1) and discuss how these varieties can be strategically deployed to support global food systems.
The discussion will be tailored to meet the interests of crop breeders, policymakers and crop science students.
Source of original article: International Potato Center (cipotato.org).
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