Semillas Abiertas
We are getting closer to presenting the first open-pollinated maize variety developed through participatory plant breeding. In October we took a new step: we started the characterization trials in Pergamino that will allow us to describe it and share its attributes openly.
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The second visit to Julia Ríos’s Farm of the Minka Cooperative in Florencio Varela focused on the evaluation of the state of the crops and the infrastructure, seeking to ensure an optimal open seed campaign.
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Last Monday, October 20, within the framework of World Food Day, we held the virtual conversation “Maize as a bridge: knowledge, territories, and diversity,” to share the trajectory of Amancay maize and relaunch the work of the Maize Growers Network (Red de Maiceros). More than 30 producers, technicians, researchers, students, and organizations linked to seed development and production participated, forming a diverse space for exchange and collective reflection.Participaron más de 30 productores, técnicos, investigadores, estudiantes y organizaciones vinculadas al desarrollo de semillas y la producción, conformando un espacio diverso de intercambio y reflexión colectiva.
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On Monday, October 20 at 6 p.m., we look forward to seeing you at a virtual conversation to share the trajectory of Amancay maize within the framework of the Bioleft Maize Growers Network (Red de Maiceros) and to invite you to be part of a new phase of this open space for seed innovation.
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On September 11th, Almendra Cremaschi, director of Bioleft, gave a virtual seminar as part of the debate on seed intellectual property on the Organic Seed Alliance platform. The meeting was open to the community of organic, agroecological, and family farmers who produce in the United States, and other people from different parts of the world participated as well.
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At Bioleft, we are pleased with Congress’s insistence on the University Financing Law.
We are navigating a situation that affects the present and future of thousands of people: the drastic defunding of the national scientific and technological system.
Bioleft launched the 2025/2026 tomato campaign with a virtual workshop that brought together evaluators from more than 25 locations across the country. The proposal, based on open science and citizen science, reinforces collaborative recording and the circulation of knowledge to make better decisions on seed selection and multiplication.
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On August 26th, the Bioleft outreach team visited Julia Ríos, tomato evaluator and seed producer at Minka-Semillera (Florencio Varela) to share an assessment of the previous season and plan for the 2024-2025 season. The meeting took place in an atmosphere of trust and closeness, at her own home, where they discussed achievements, difficulties, and next steps.
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As part of Bioleft’s commitment to training professionals committed to sustainable agriculture and the production of situated knowledge, we are sharing the doctoral thesis of Almendra Cremaschi, director of Bioleft, from the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences UNLP – FCAyF, entitled “Transitions to sustainability in Argentina’s seed system,”
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María Laura Bravo, a member of Bioleft and also professor, researcher, and extension agent at the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences of the National University of La Plata (UNLP), participated in the program Bicivilizados on radiocolmena.com.
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