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Diodora Petra Castillo Fajes

Housewife and Corn Producer, CIMMYT

Diodora Petra Castillo Fajes is a person who since her childhood has learned the work in the fields and the ancestral traditions of corn cultivation. She has had the desire to protect and preserve her wide white and blue creole corn. She has more than 20 years of experience producing corn and there is a solid relationship with her family for production and self-consumption. She is concerned about improving her way of production to be more friendly with nature.

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