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Formerly a professor in agricultural genetics at the University of Perugia, Italy, Salvatore Ceccarelli has been associated with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) since 1980.
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Rural America
The Centrality of Seed: Building Agricultural Resilience Through Plant Breeding
Salvatore Ceccarelli