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ALP 1 session on crop diversity Questions discussed 1. What experiences of crop diversification can be found in fragile states? What can be learned from these examples? 2. What experiences of participatory crop improvement can be found in fragile states? What can be learned from these examples? 3. Are community seed banks engaged in crop diversification and participatory crop improvement? What are the result Crop diversification The discussion was focused on bringing new crop varieties and diversifying crops in fragile and conflict-affected regions to improve food security and resilience. Here are the key points - The context is regions facing fragility due to conflicts, climate/droughts, pressure from pests/diseases, epidemics like COVID-19, climate vulnerability, limited resources, and market constraints like lack of land access. - Experiences in these regions highlight the need for climate-resilient crops, cultivating multiple crops to mitigate crop failure risks, and the challenges of competing with human and animal needs for food from limited land. - Lessons learned emphasize resilience building through crop diversification, alliance building, and diversification to enhance food security and nutrition. - There is a need to develop integrated land use systems and forage crop diversity. - Bringing new crops can improve income diversification, livelihoods, soil health, and mitigate environmental and social risks. This is a test blog done from mobile.