http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Crop wild relative) en-us Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:15:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/future-food-hunting-rare-plant-species-in-kenya?start=0 Kenyan botanist Paul Kirika and Tim Pearce from Kew Gardens in the UK are searching for rare plant species known as "crop wild relatives" in the mountains of Kenya that they believe could hold the key to human food security in a changing climate. Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:15:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/future-food-hunting-rare-plant-species-in-kenya Food security, Seed bank, Crop wild relative, Kenya, Botany, Aberdare National Park, Crop diversity, Endangered species, Climate change, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Paul Kirika is the son of the famous Kenyan botanist, the late Mzee Kajui, and is now himself considered one of the most knowledgeable field botanists in East Africa. His work has taken him from the coastal forests to the mountaintops, from the humid lake region to the dry and remote northern areas and the dwindling forests around Nairobi. Together with Tim Pearce, a botanist from the UK, he has been struggling to find rare plant species in the mountains of Kenya that he believes could hold the key to human food security in a changing climate.