🌾 Can traditional seeds help build the future of rice farming in Vietnam? Through the Crop Trust’s #BOLDProject, farmers and scientists are teaming up to develop resilient rice varieties using traits from crop wild relatives and traditional landraces. 🌱 Shivali Sharma, a pre-breeding and plant genetic resources specialist, explains how the team identified important traits like salinity tolerance, pest resistance and improved nutrition. The farmers’ feedback helped researchers tailor varieties