Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity

How can wild species be deployed to improve food security? Wild plant species, long excluded from mainstream agriculture, hold untapped potential for building resilient and diverse food systems. Today’s agrifood landscape is constrained by a narrow selection of high-input, genetically uniform crops, perpetuating biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and vulnerability to climate change. 

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