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444 Introduction 444 What Is at Stake 445 Storage: A Persisting Critical Step for Seed Producers 445 Hortus Versus Ager Farming Systems: Those Who Store Food Reserves, Those Who Don’t 445 Why Plant Domestication Has Made Food Storage so Problematic 445 Diverse Reasons for Storing Seeds 446 Storage for Seeds 446 Storage for Food Reserve 446 Local Knowledge for Mitigating Food Reserve Losses During Storage 447 Food Storage and Stratified Societies 447 Recent Trends in Seed Storage 447 References 448