The importance of seed provisioning in food security and nutrition, agricultural development
and rural livelihoods, and agrobiodiversity and germplasm conservation is well accepted by …

It has recently been argued that the fragmented knowledge on the social impacts of
genetically modified (GM) crops is contributing to the polarised debate on the matter. This …

Societal Impact Statement For millennia, humans have used plants and fungi, as foods,
fuels, fibers, and medicines; and have developed techniques for improving their usefulness …

This article explores the trajectory of the global controversy over the introgression (or not) of
transgenes from genetically modified maize into Mexican indigenous maize landraces …

Mexico is the center of origin of maize and one of the phenomena that imperil maize
conservation is transgene presence. Although previous studies have documented transgene …

Small-scale subsistence farmers in South Africa have been introduced to genetically
modified (GM) crops for more than a decade. Little is known about i) the extent of transgene …

Background Maize is the most produced crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, but yields are low and
climate change is projected to further constrain smallholder production. The current efforts to …

Gene flow in agricultural crops is important for risk assessment of genetically modified (GM)
crops, particularly in countries with a large informal agricultural sector of subsistence …

Maize Germplasm Conservation in Southern California's Urban Gardens Contemporary
germplasm conservation studies largely focus on ex situ and in situ management of diversity …

The historical meeting between originally American people, European colonizers, and
slaved peoples from Africa in the biome Pampa in South Brazil and Uruguay involved a …