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2: Flagship crops: Brassica – From Wild Relatives to Future Crops

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 7, 2026 | brassica, news, Video

The COUSIN project video, Flagship Crop – Brassica: From Wild Relatives to Future Crops, demonstrates how crop wild relatives can strengthen Brassica crops by improving their resilience, sustainability, and nutritional value, contributing to more resilient,...
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1: From Wild Diversity to Resilient Agriculture: 2.5 Years of Progress and Impact

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 7, 2026 | news, Video

The COUSIN project is helping strengthen Europe’s food system by conserving and promoting the use of crop wild relatives (CWRs) to support the development of more resilient and sustainable crops. By unlocking the potential of these wild species, the project...
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COUSIN video – #5: The Crop Wild Relatives Conservation Strategies explained

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Dec 1, 2025 | news, Video

“The Crop Wild Relatives Conservation Strategies explained” is the fifth and last video in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. Crop Wild Relatives are a vital source of genetic...
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COUSIN video – #4: The use of Crop Wild Relatives in breeding

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Dec 1, 2025 | news, Video

“The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled” is the third video in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. How does breeding improve living organisms through domestication,...
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COUSIN video – #3: The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Dec 1, 2025 | news, Video

“The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled” is the third video scribing in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. Crop wild relatives are valuable for biodiversity and...
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COUSIN video – #2: The importance of Crop Wild Reltives

by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Dec 1, 2025 | news, Video

“The importance of Crop Wild Reltives” is the second video scribing in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. Crop Wild Relatives are wild species closely related to cultivated crops and...
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  • 19 – Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for Crop Wild Relatives – Standardizing CWRs identification globally

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