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Using Wild Relatives to Toughen up Staple Crops

Crop wild relatives are the ancient ancestors of our domesticated crops. Because they have been growing in the wild for millions of years, crop wild relatives have naturally developed characteristics that allow them to survive in...

18 Apr 2021

A box with seeds from ICARDA's Syrian genebank in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust.
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These Rare Seeds Escaped Syria's War—to Help Feed the World

Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.

17 Nov 2020

Carrot Stress Tolerance and Wild Relative Breeding
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Carrot Stress Tolerance and Wild Relative Breeding

Field, Lab, Earth Podcast

from the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America

Episode 42 - “Tapping into Wild Carrot Diversity for New Sources of Abiotic Stress Tolerance...

18 Sep 2020

18 Sep 2020

All Hail the Rise of the Climate-Smart Potato
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All Hail the Rise of the Climate-Smart Potato

Plus, 5 facts about the humble root vegetable’s extraordinary potential

Sandra Cordon | Global Landscapes Forum

The potential of the potato has only just begun to be realized.

Some 368 million metric tons of potatoes were...

19 Aug 2020

19 Aug 2020

Indigenous Peoples Hold the Past and Future of Food in Their Hands
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Indigenous Peoples Hold the Past and Future of Food in Their Hands

Alejandro Argumedo | Food Tank

August 9 was the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – a celebration of the uniqueness of the traditions of Quechua, Huli, Zapotec, and thousands of other cultures, but also of the...

10 Aug 2020

10 Aug 2020

The Vault for Global Food Security
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The Vault for Global Food Security

Sayanti Sengupta | seventeen goals Magazine

The world population has been growing by leaps and bounds. How do we then ensure food security for all in the face of climate extremes and crop failures? The answer lies in plant seeds-...

3 Jul 2020

3 Jul 2020

Pandemics Aren't Limited to People
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Pandemics Aren't Limited to People

How the world's most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak

Simran Sethi | The Counter

Banner photo: NordGen

In March, plant physiologist Stephanie Greene zipped herself into a padded snowsuit made to...

25 May 2020

25 May 2020

A Vault for Seeds
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A Vault for Seeds

Tim Farin | KfW

While the world is talking of a crisis in international cooperation, the Crop Trust and its partners in countries around the world are creating a global system to secure our future food supply. To achieve this...

25 May 2020

25 May 2020

Is a Pandemic the Time to Think About Genebanks?
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Is a Pandemic the Time to Think About Genebanks?

Reasons to consider seeds in the time of the coronavirus

By Luigi Guarino, Director or Science and Charlotte Lusty, Head of Programs and Genebank Platform Coordinator

Perhaps you think that the middle of a global pandemic is not...

25 Apr 2020

25 Apr 2020

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