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Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

It’s been a particularly “wild” time for many Crop Trust staff recently, with teams heading to far-flung corners of the world - and often far off the beaten path - as part of the Crop Wild Relatives...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

When you hear the word ‘quality’ what comes to mind? This was the question posed by Janny van Beem, the Crop Trust’s Quality Management Specialist, at our most recent Genebank Operations and Advanced...

Last Monday, a Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project delegation visited Embrapa Temperate Agriculture (Pelotas, RS) to learn more about the work of rescuing wild potato relatives - one of the branches of the CWR project in Brazil.

Ma...

On World Environment Day, we interview Alberto Salas, the “godfather” of wild potato relatives

Alberto Salas has dedicated his life to the search for wild potatoes, crisscrossing most of the American continent – from the...

Tapping into genetic diversity for food security in a 4 degrees warmer world

Lili Szilagyi, CCAFS and Cierra Martin, Crop Trust

While efforts are underway to mitigate emissions and adapt to a 2°C increase, it's important to...

Daniel Debouck, a Belgian researcher who until his retirement a few months ago ran the CIAT genebank, received the Order of Leopold a couple of weeks back. That’s his country’s highest civilian honour, and he looks pretty proud...

Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing climate. As our cultivated carrots are highly sensitive to...

Como Una Espiga en un Pajar: A Course on Collecting, Processing and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives

16 dedicated participants from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Chile convened in Chile this January to learn...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

In this "corner" we will take a look back at an exciting Crop Trust 2016 and welcome 2017 with some reflections on what we want to achieve.

The Big Picture

 2016, the planet’s hottest year on record,...

Sir Peter Crane | President OSGF & Crop Trust Executive Board Member

The end of October was a busy time for the Crop Trust with the sixth meeting of the Advisory Group of the Crop Wild Relatives Project, followed immediately by a...