Between 2005 and 2007, the Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical ‘Alejandro de Humboldt’ (INIFAT) and several other organizations from Cuba were involved in a regional project ‘Adaptive management of seed systems and gene flow for sustainable agriculture and livelihood improvement in the humid tropics of Mexico, Cuba and Peru’, supported by Bioversity International and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Within the framework of this project, several traditional varieties were registered in the name of a farmer representing the locality, with the aim to recognize the work done by these farmers for the conservation of traditional varieties. The varieties registered include ‘Enano pinto’, a variety of Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), registered by a farmer from Yateras, Guantánamo Province, in 2006; and two varieties of chillies and peppers (Capsicum spp.), one called ‘Cachuchita’, registered by a farmer from La Munición, Guantánamo province, in 2007; and another one called ‘Angolano’, registered by a women farmer from Artemisa, Artemisa province, in 2007. The official registration of these varieties is a step forward on the way towards the protection of local PGRFA with potential for commercialization, based on recognition of the communities from where they originated.