Features GENES IN THE FIELD On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND PATENTS The Impact of Intellectual Property on Trade, Plant Biodiversity, and Rural Society The Crucible Group SEEDING SOLUTIONS: VOLUME 1 Policy Options for Genetic Resources (People, Plants, and Patents Revisited) The Crucible II Group SEEDING SOLUTIONS: VOLUME 2 Options for National Laws Governing Access To and Control Over Genetic Resources The Crucible II Group

Faced with a unique economic crisis, Cuba's national agriculture system was near collapse, threatening the country's food security. But working together with groups of farmers, a team of young plant breeders is turning things around. And by working together both the farmers and the breeders are learning valuable lessons that could prove to be valuable to the agriculture systems of other countries in the region.

• Introducing Participatory Plant Breeding for Strengthening Agro-Biodiversity in Cuba