Community Seed Banks in China: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects

The rich agrobiodiversity of China is under unprecedented threat, experiencing a dramatic loss of many valuable local varieties and wild relatives of main crops. The country's formal conservation system of ex situ genebanks faces serious challenges to address this loss. Community seed banks can...

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Main Authors: Xin Song, Guanqi Li, Ronnie Vernooy, Yiching Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.630400/full