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In Zimbabwe, community seed banks are reviving indigenous crops

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Farai Shawn Matiashe
In Zimbabwe, community seed banks are reviving indigenous crops
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Farmers in Zimbabwe are establishing community seed banks to preserve indigenous crop varieties that are threatened by climate change and commercial hybrid seeds. These banks help local communities maintain food security by storing drought-resistant seeds like sorghum and millet.

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Angeline Garwe monitors smallholder farmers bringing small grain seeds to a community seed bank after harvest in Chipinge, southeastern Zimbabwe .

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