An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians ... Wilson Hugo, an official at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, said the trend of safeguarding traditional ...

Ricardo Pertuze, an agronomist at the University of Chile, said new varieties are needed when climate change makes a crop's current location unsuitable. The genetic diversity the guardians are ...

SAN VICENTE DE TAGUA TAGUA, Chile, (Reuters ... Wilson Hugo, an official at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, said the trend of safeguarding traditional seeds exists in other ...