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Seminar: Going bananas : a journey to the tropics

Hervé Vanderschuren · CERN

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KU Leuven has a long tradition of performing research relevant for the Global South and more specifically in the tropics. Recent technological advances in genetics offer unique opportunities to improve the performance of tropical crop plants, to increase food security as well as to empower communities and scientists in the Global South. There are numerous challenges to overcome in order to bring those benefits to smallholders and consumers. It ranges from colonial views on tropical agriculture to building laboratories with advanced technologies..

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  1. Seminar: Going bananas : a journey to the tropics 2024-11-13 · 54 min · CERN's player

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Institution
CERN
Department
CERN Accelerator School
Speaker
Hervé Vanderschuren
Year
2024
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
CERN
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