Our friend Andy Jarvis is suffering the pains of the Villa Bellagio on scuzzy Lake Como as his contribution to a rethinking of the role of crop wild relatives in adapting to climate change. You can read his impressions (and see the presentation he unleashed on an unsuspecting audience) at his team’s blog.
Bottom lines:
- Crop wild relatives are increasingly important.
- Crop wild relatives are increasingly usable, and hence increasingly in demand.
- Crop wild relatives are increasingly threatened.