5 – Working with others for Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) – Stakeholder engagement in the use and conservation of CWRs

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Sep 29, 2025 | Practice

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4 – The policy context of Crop Wild Relatives – Addressing policy gaps to ensure sustainable food systems

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Sep 29, 2025 | Practice

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Unlocking the potential of Wild Crops: new progress in the COUSIN Project 

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Sep 20, 2025 | news

Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) carry genetic traits for resilience, productivity, and nutrition and could play a key role in the agroecological transition of European food systems. In its first 18 months, the COUSIN project is making strong progress towards understanding...

Ongoing efforts to document biodiversity in the Brassica oleracea Complex Species (n=9) for Cole Crop genetic improvement.

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 30, 2025 | news

Southern Italy, particularly Sicily, harbors significant agrobiodiversity within Brassica oleracea L. crops (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, etc.). This diversity stems in part from the widespread presence of wild Brassica oleracea complex species...

Harnessing Wild Pea Relatives to Build Resilient Cultivars: updates from the Pea Working Group

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 26, 2025 | news

IAS-CSIC is running a long-term pea pre-breeding program which started with a major focus on developing cultivars adapted to Mediterranean rain fed farming conditions. Therefore, the first priority was the resistance to broomrape (Orobanche crenata), which was not...