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Some types of rice are for the Saamaka’s staple foods but some, such as these darker ones, are reserved for traditional ceremonies, funerals and ritual offerings by Maroon communities. Photograph: Bram Ebus/The Guardian

Jerry Tjoe Awie and Beri Bonglim Tambam at Santigron, the second multiplication site of the BOLD project in Suriname.

Beans at the CIAT gene bank in Colombia. (Photo: Neil Palmer/ CIAT)

Photo: Mekong Delta Development Research Institute

Multi-colored alfalfa (Medicago sativa subspecies varia) at the research farm of the Kazakhstan Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing (KSRIAPG). Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust

Group photo, BOLD Workshop May 2023. (Photo: LM Salazar / Crop Trust)