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Locally adapted varieties of crops, so important for farmers livelihood, for have been selected by farmers over many generations and have resisted and evolved with the climate changes over thousands of years. Over recent times they have replaced by so-called improved varieties which are not as well adapted as the local varieties. Fortunately many of locally adapted varities have collected in time and conserved in genebanks around the world. These constitute a formidable resource that can be used for provide adapted varities to farmers. One of the DM2009 finalist led by Bioversity International working with Institut of Biodiversity Conservation Ethiopia will be investigating how locally adapted varieties conserved in genebanks will be made available to farmers and which varities can be deployed where using geographic information and participatory innovation approaches.