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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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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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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On Tuesday, October 3, we gathered with our parnters from Minka in his house of seeds at CEDEPO, located in the nearside of Florencio Varela. Minka semillera is an organization of woman who produce seeds on farms in Guernica and Florencio Varela Buenos Aires Province) and, organized as a cooperative, they aim to generate availability of diverse and resilient seeds for family farmers of the peri urban area of Buenos Aires.
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On Tuesday, May 17, the participatory maize breeding workshop took place at INTA Pergamino. During the activity, producer-breeders and researchers […]
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For the third year in a row, Bioleft has won the support of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation. Thanks […]
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On Tuesday, May 18, we held a virtual meeting with Milton Vélez, producer and plant breeder from the Province of […]
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During the 2019-2020 summer campaign, Enrico Cresta, a maize producer and breeder who is a member of Bioleft and the […]
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Bioleft’s network continues to grow. Last Tuesday, April 21st, we held the first Workshop on Participatory Improvement and Digital Technologies […]
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Productorxs, mejoradorxs, investigadorxs y semillerxs comienzan a tejer una red común para evaluar semillas de tomate adecuadas a manejos agroecológicos.
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