Examples of indigenous Thai crops that are being developed commercially developed by EWS for farmers. Some of these were potentially close to disappearing from the local landscape.

"Local crops" as a diverse set of small crops that tend to be regionally important but are not traded around the world and receive little to no attention from commercial breeding companies.

They often have a strong cultural importance and can be vital for the livelihood of smallholder farmers in developing countries.

These are widely grown but neglected "orphan" crops where East-West Seed has shown that a serious quality seed production and good variety maintenance effort can make a huge difference for local growers.

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