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One reason for running these seed banks is that old fashioned seeds actually work better than hybrids and similar in some areas where climate change is rampant.
by cess11 11mo ago
One reason for running these seed banks is that old fashioned seeds actually work better than hybrids and similar in some areas where climate change is rampant.
- bluGill 11mo agoThis is not clear. The article is talking about traditional seeds for which that could be true (I don't know what is traditional in Kenya). Other commenters are talking about Maize which is from America and thus not traditional in Africa and thus there are no traditional seeds in Kenya. Maize also benefits greatly from hybridization, but there are other plants that do not, if we are talking about Maize you are wrong new seeds are much better than traditional, but if we are talking about other seeds who knows.
- cess11 11mo agoSee e.g. https://apnews.com/article/kenya-seed-bank-agriculture-climate-b7169c77126e5c768e3c62653afbcdc1 https://apnews.com/article/kenya-seed-bank-agriculture-clima... , which is linked from TFA.