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These actions were fundamental to the crop\u2019s success as a reliable staple energy source. After the arrival of Europeans in the New World, these varieties spread first to Africa and later to Asia, where they were further selected for local conditions and needs. The founders of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Cali, Colombia, recognized the importance of legacy landrace varieties as sources of genetic diversity for breeding to support tropical production systems, improve nutrition, and boost income. One of earliest activities of the new center, beginning in 1969, was to organize the collection of cassava landraces to establish a genetic resource for breeding purposes at the center\u2019s headquarters in the Cauca Valley. 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