Crop Cousins, promise for the future
COUSIN is the European Union-funded project on the use and conservation of wild species for more sustainable, resilient and nutritionally valuable agriculture
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CUADERNO DE CAMPO CEIP SAN MARTÍN Garganta la Olla 2025-2026
Cuaderno de campo is an educational field notebook created by Aprisco to directly connect agroecology research in northern Extremadura with local educational community. The notebook emerges from a collaboration between Aprisco and the San Martín preschool and...
In Florence, a study day on conservation and use of plant genetic resources with a focus on Crop Wild Relatives
On February 25, Florence will host a study day entitled "Management and use of plant germplasm and microbial collections for the protection and economic enhancement of agrobiodiversity". Organized by the Southeast and Southwest sections of the Accademia dei...
Enhancing nutraceutical traits in Brassica oleracea L. for functional food production
On Jenuary 23th, the scientific journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience published an article written by Gresheen Garcia, Donata Arena, Hajer Ben Ammar, Victor Manuel Rodriguez, Pablo Velasco, and Ferdinando Branca entitled "Enhancing nutraceutical traits...
Discovering Crop Wild Relatives with COUSIN video scribing
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The journey of plant domestication
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The importance of Crop Wild Reltives
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The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled
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The use of Crop Wild Relatives in breeding
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The Crop Wild Relatives Conservation Strategies explained
CWRs, a promise for the future
Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) are often seen as the COUSINs of domesticated crops given their close kinship and their role as important sources of natural genetic variation. In this sense they represent a valuable resource for the urgently required agroecological transition. Such a transition results in more diverse, sustainable and nutritious food, in line with the EU Green Deal policy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, CWRs can be important allies. In fact, currently 75% of the world’s food is generated from only twelve plant species and since the 1900s, some 75% of plant genetic diversity has been lost as farmers worldwide have left their diverse set of local varieties and landraces for genetically uniform, high-yielding varieties. From this perspective, Crop Cousins are a promise for the future.
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