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Feeding fields

Opinion March 28, 2011

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.

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Bell Batta Torheim is Policy Advisor at Development Fund in Oslo.

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