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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On August 26th, the Bioleft outreach team visited Julia Ríos, tomato evaluator and seed producer at Minka-Semillera (Florencio Varela) to share an assessment of the previous season and plan for the 2024-2025 season. The meeting took place in an atmosphere of trust and closeness, at her own home, where they discussed achievements, difficulties, and next steps.
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As part of Bioleft’s commitment to training professionals committed to sustainable agriculture and the production of situated knowledge, we are sharing the doctoral thesis of Almendra Cremaschi, director of Bioleft, from the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences UNLP – FCAyF, entitled “Transitions to sustainability in Argentina’s seed system,”
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María Laura Bravo, a member of Bioleft and also professor, researcher, and extension agent at the Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences of the National University of La Plata (UNLP), participated in the program Bicivilizados on radiocolmena.com.
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¡We are happy to share that Bioleft was one of the projects selected in the 2024 Call for Proposals of the Institutional Recognition Program (PRI) of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM)!
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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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During this campaign, we collaboratively carried out a participatory corn evaluation network, with trials distributed in Junín, Entre Ríos, and southeastern Córdoba. The network seeks to generate collective knowledge about the behavior of different corn varieties, focusing on materials developed by farmers and non-transgenic hybrids of interest for organic and agroecological production systems.
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At Bioleft, we continue to generate practical resources to contribute to food sovereignty. On this occasion, we are sharing a tutorial on how to preserve tomato seeds, and other crops such as peppers, zucchini, and pumpkins in a simple and effective way.
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As part of a scientific delegation from CENIT, Julián Asinsten, a member of Bioleft, traveled to Seville (Spain) to take part in a series of institutional activities related to the EnergyTRAN project.
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From May 22 to 23, Bioleft participated in the 10th National and International Congress on Agrobiotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Public Policies, held in Chascomús. This event has become a key space for debating the present and future of agricultural innovation in Argentina, bringing together scientific, political, and technological perspectives.
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