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Coming to the Rescue - Payment for Agrobiodiversity Services to Safeguard Crop Varieties in Guatemala

The Payment for Agrobiodiversity Services (PACS) programme, led by Bioversity International (now the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) is helping saving resilient traditional crop varieties in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. This article describes some of the activities implemented by this program.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherAlliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Publication year2020
RegionsLatin America and the Caribbean
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/coming-rescue-payment-agrobiodiversity-services-safeguard-crop-varieties-guatemala
KeywordsAgricultural biodiversity; Community seed banks; Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
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