Global project underway to preserve yam biodiversity
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 04:21
in Earth & Climate
Farmers and crop scientists worldwide are engaged in an ambitious new effort to add 3,000 yam samples to international genebanks with the aim of saving the diversity of a crop that is consumed by 60 million people on a daily basis in Africa alone, according to an announcement today from the Global Crop Diversity Trust.