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Last chance to submit: resilient food systems via underutilized fruits

Diversifying food systems with underutilized fruits can enhance climate resilience, nutrition, and livelihoods. This topic welcomes work on germplasm, breeding, cultivation, value chains, and policy under changing climates.

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Want the big theme we’re unpacking this month? Sustainable Synergy.

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