8th Class, 2015-2017 Field Placement: Foundation for Ecological Services (FES); Anand, India Julia supported FES’s work to build local capacity from the village to district levels to strengthen natural resource management. She contributed primarily to its experimental games project and … Read more
IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY BY LINKING GENEBANKS TO FARMERS THROUGH THE DIRECT RELEASE OF TARGETED LANDRACE VARIETIES
Linking genebanks (i.e. cold storage repositories for seed varieties) with farmers through direct release of targeted landrace varieties (i.e. traditional farmer-bred varieties) can catalyze an increase in productivity and food security in the vulnerable populations inhabiting the marginal arid regions … Read more
Curan Bonham
5th Class, 2009-2011 Field Placement: Bioversity International, India. As a researcher with Bioversity International based in New Delhi, Curan focused on the facilitation of smallholder farmers’ access to seed conserved in gene banks. In collaboration with partner organizations, Curan conducted … Read more