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The Horticulture Innovation Lab's research on seed systems aims to increase access to higher quality seed and improved crop varieties, including technologies and practices that improve local seed saving practices.
Reporter Giovanni Ortolani visited with Horticulture Innovation Lab partners in Bangkok, Thailand, recently to learn about how farmers in humid climates can better save seed using drying beads.
A partnership between university scientists and a private technology company has sprouted both new concepts and new tools that can help vegetable farmers in developing countries access better seeds.