About the Authors

Julián Ramírez-Villegas

j.r.villegas@cgiar.org

Affiliation Decision and Policy Analysis Program, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia

Colin Khoury

Affiliation Global Crop Diversity Trust, Rome, Italy

Andy Jarvis

Affiliations Decision and Policy Analysis Program, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia, Adaptation to Progressive Climate Change, Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Copenhagen, Denmark, Bioversity International, Regional Office for the Americas, Cali, Colombia

Daniel Gabriel Debouck

Affiliation Genetic Resources Unit, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia

Luigi Guarino

Affiliation Global Crop Diversity Trust, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRV AJ. Performed the experiments: JRV. Analyzed the data: JRV CK DGD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRV CK AJ DGD LG. Wrote the paper: JRV CK AJ LG. Created the first version of the methodology: JRV. Provided a great deal of input for corrections to issues highlighted by other authors: CK. Provided substantial scientific background: AJ LG. Led to intense discussions and provided critical data for the enhancement of the paper: DGD.