As part of the “Al Rescate del Tomate criollo” project [“To the Rescue of Creole Tomato”], which seeks to recover tomato flavour through the collection, exchange and collaborative breeding of creole tomatoes, the Closing workshop of Creole Tomato 2023/2024 season was held virtually on June 26. More than 30 grower-breeders from different regions of the country participated in the workshop”.
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Recovering authentic tomato flavour is one of my biggest goals since I started to grow my food. The gatherings between urban growers, where we exchange seeds and knowledge, are crucial to preserving vegetal diversity.
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As part of the Bioleft’s participatory breeding experiments, Enrico Cresta, an organic farmer and member of Bioleft, selects and develops his own open-pollinated (OPV) and GMO-free corn variety, adapted and improved to the organic conditions of his “Altos Verdes” establishment, located in the Cordoba province.
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Last June 3rd, Enrico Cresta and Almendra Cremaschi participated as speakers in the workshop “Professionalizing Practice II: evaluation and diagnosis of socio-productive experiences” developed by the University Diploma on Agroecology at the National University of La Plata.
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Last June 5, International Environmental Day, Bioleft and the team from “Al Rescate del Tomate Criollo” [To the Rescue of Creole Tomato] participated in the First UBA Environmental Conference held on the Faculty of Agronomy campus, with the goal of meeting, interacting and making visible the University contributions on environmental matters. It was an enrichment day, where we could gather and learn from experiences of management and innovation and become aware of the actions and contributions of the University community on environmental matters.
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The second UNSAM Scientific and Technological Conference took place between May 27 and 30, where research teams from all academic units of the University presented progress in their research work and exchanges between colleagues from different disciplines were encouraged.
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On Friday, February 22nd a long-awaited moment arrived: our yearly evaluation and planning meeting. In Bioleft we find it crucial to take some time to harvest past achievements and sow future transformations.
Read moreFrom Bioleft team, with the participation of María Laura Bravo y Selva Cuppari, we shared the experience report: “Collaborative evaluation of local tomato varieties in the Participative Plant Breeding process”. In this presentation, also written by María Paz dos Santos, the results of the 2022-23 tomato campaign were presented, highlighting the participation of gardeners in the design and sistematization of variables that allowed evaluating the tomatoes distribuited under the joint project between Bioleft and Al rescate del tomate criollo. The partial and final results were shared in virtual workshops organized by Bioleft, which had a wide participation.
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On November 21, the first participatory tomato breeding workshop was held as part of the “Bioleft, participatory innovation in seeds” project, under the Citizen Science program led by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MINCyT). In this project, Bioleft and Minka, an agroecological seed production cooperative, are working to evaluate different varieties of tomato, with the aim of developing seeds that are sustainable and of high quality.
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In the framework of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Law on Seeds and Plant Varieties, the Interdisciplinary Center for Industrial and Economic Law (CEIDIE) of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires organized the event “Lights and Shadows 50 years after the Seed Law.” This event sought to explore the evolution of the legal regime and the implementation of the law, as well as to present an e-book dedicated to the topic.
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