BOLD

A genebank worker wheels seeds through the AfricaRice genebank in Côte d’Ivoire, where the largest collection of African rice varieties in the world is safeguarded. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

Some types of rice are for the Saamaka’s staple foods but some, such as these darker ones, are reserved for traditional ceremonies, funerals and ritual offerings by Maroon communities. Photograph: Bram Ebus/The Guardian

Jerry Tjoe Awie and Beri Bonglim Tambam at Santigron, the second multiplication site of the BOLD project in Suriname.