Ciencia abierta y Ciudadana: se publicó el Protocolo de Evaluación Participativa de Tomates Criollos de Bioleft

Fruto de la construcción colectiva, nos alegra enormemente compartir un hito fundamental para la comunidad del agro abierto: ya se encuentra disponible el Protocolo de Evaluación Participativa de Tomates Criollos de Bioleft (Collaborative Evaluation Protocol for Creole Tomatoes in Participatory Breeding Programs), una herramienta metodológica abierta, práctica y replicable, diseñada para el mejoramiento participativo de tomates.

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Comienza la campaña 2025–2026 en la parcela experimental de Bioleft en la UNSAM

El 28 de octubre, Elba y David realizaron el trasplante de tomates en la parcela de Bioleft ubicada en la UNSAM, dando inicio a una nueva campaña de evaluación participativa. Este año, el ensayo incluye tres variedades: NoMeOlvides, Carcione (variedad platense) y #113 (variedad cherry). Los plantines fueron sembrados y cuidados por Elba en su vivero hasta alcanzar el momento óptimo para su trasplante.

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Opening Workshop for the 2025-2026 Local Tomato Campaign

Bioleft launched the 2025/2026 tomato campaign with a virtual workshop that brought together evaluators from more than 25 locations across the country. The proposal, based on open science and citizen science, reinforces collaborative recording and the circulation of knowledge to make better decisions on seed selection and multiplication. 

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🌱 Seeds, knowledge, and resistance: Bioleft and Minka at the International Colloquium on Perspectives on Ecology in Latin America 

As part of the International Colloquium on Perspectives on Ecology in Latin America (see more), Bioleft participated in the roundtable discussion “Towards shared sustainability: lessons learned from collaborative experiences in Latin America,” reflecting on the challenges and lessons learned around the exchange and improvement of open seeds in Argentina.

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Closing of the 2024–2025 Campaign: Learnings, Flavors, and Community Around Creole Tomatoes

This past April, we held the closing workshop for the 2024–2025 campaign of the collaborative evaluation project of Creole tomatoes. Once again, we came together from different regions and experiences to celebrate a collective process that continues to grow, driven by the commitment of gardeners, agroecological producers, researchers, students, and defenders of open-pollinated seeds.

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