HAZESATIVASEEDS

The original populations behind many famous varieties have changed substantially in their home regions. Researchers and collectors note that thai and colombian landrace genetics have been diluted since the 1980s, as farmers adopted imported hybrid seed that finishes faster and yields more. Eradication campaigns and shifts in the rural economy reduced traditional cultivation further. Preservation groups now maintain some lines abroad, although plants reproduced outside their native climate gradually adapt to new conditions.