As part of this week’s “Change Maker” show of Sarah’s Country, Dr Kioumars Ghamkhar from Margot Forde Germplasm Centre discusses how we can grow our crops to withstand climate change.

This month’s Climate Change Commission recommendations include farmers facing the prospect of reducing stocking rates to meet carbon reduction obligations. But the head of the nation’s largest seed bank is urging a closer look at what it has on hand that may offer benefits in lower methane emissions.

Kioumars says the MFGC is by far the largest repository in the world for forage seed germplasm, containing over 2,200 species, including 2,500 wild variations of white clover alone.

To read more, visit the article on Farmers Weekly: https://farmersweekly.co.nz/section/arable/view/seed-gold-needs-mining

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