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 | In the present study, the local inventories, the conservation exhibitions, the community banks of seeds and the participatory selection in TAs in the grassroots organizations are considered valid experiences for promoting the conservation and sustainable use of the same. |
 | In the six communes that form this Cooperative there are two very frequent ecotypes of melloco (pink and pink round caramel), four frequent and six rare; in oca three are very frequent (ronches, yellow and white), one frequent and five rare. |
 | They are sought to help to identify the species and varieties cultivated by the participating farm families and communes order to promote the exchange of germplasm, to characterize qualitatively and quantitatively the agricultural diversity of a specific year, and to compare the results from previous and later fairs. |