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Figures & data
Table 1. Characteristics of the participating farmers.
Figure 1. Maize varieties grown by the Aquitaine (France) and Veneto (Italy) groups. Categorical bubble plot representing single maize landraces grown by each farmer. The size of the circle represents the surface (ha) dedicated to each variety.
Figure 2. Main reported reasons for the decision to grow population maize in Aquitaine (France) and Veneto (Italy). Answers given for agronomic (left panels) and cultural/political (right panels) reasons: main reason (2 points), less important (1 point), not relevant (0 points). Mean importance that farmers attributed to each reason is represented.
Table 2. Group characteristics.
Figure 3. Mill employed by the Sponcio group. (A) Electric mill and (B) old watermill of Villa Bruna village in the Feltre municipality, Belluno.
Figure 4. Selected characteristics in Aquitaine (France) and Veneto (Italy). Farmers attributed scores to each characteristic: very positive ( = 2), positive ( = 1), not relevant ( = 0), negative (= −1). Mean scores for each selection criterion are shown.
Table 3. The origin and the story of some of the varieties grown by the Aquitaine farmers.
Figure 5. Main phases of seed selection, preparation, and packaging. (A) Ear and plant selection in the seed field; (B) indoor ear selection; (C) maize shelling process; (D) seed packaging for distribution.
