Rachel Kyte on Crop Diversity
In August 2014, Rachel Kyte penned an editorial in Scientific American on the importance of crop diversity to help our agriculture adapt to climatic changes.
News out of Harvard suggests that not only will climate change affect...
18 Aug 2014
18 Aug 2014
Grist: Wild thing, I think I Need You
Grist Online reports on report on Crop Wild Relatives: "Wild thing, I think I need you: How weeds could save dinner"
Who needs weeds? In a climate-changed world, we all do.
Wild relatives of potatoes, peas, eggplants, and...
22 Jul 2014
22 Jul 2014
Guardian Reports: Brazilian Beans and Japanese Barley to Svalbard
The Guardian reports on the addition of Brazilian beans and Japanese Barley to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Some 20,000 plant species from more than 100 countries and institutions will be added to the global seed bank in...
26 Feb 2014
26 Feb 2014
The New Indian Express: 'Conserving Seeds in Genebanks Vital'
The New Indian Express reports on the importance of conserving seeds in genebanks.
Marie Haga, executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, who hails from Norway has called for the conservation of seeds in gene banks so...
25 Nov 2013
25 Nov 2013
The Hindu: Protect Crop Diversity to Feed All, Says Expert
The Hindu reports on Marie Haga's lecture at the invitation of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation.
Ms. Haga, a former politician from Norway, was in Chennai on Friday to deliver the millennium lecture on ‘Feeding a growing...
23 Nov 2013
23 Nov 2013
Reuters: Norway Invests USD 23.7 Million in Crop Diversity
Thomson Reuters Foundation reports on the contribution of Norway to the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund.
24 September 2013, Muscat, Oman - The government of Norway has pledged $23.7 million to conserve and sustainably manage the...
23 Sep 2013
23 Sep 2013
Des Moines Register: Leaders Gather to Discuss Crop Diversity
About a dozen representatives from Iowa’s agriculture industry joined the leaders of a global foundation in Des Moines Tuesday to discuss the group’s efforts to rescue and preserve the world’s crop varieties.
The Global Crop...
18 Sep 2013
18 Sep 2013
Hungry World Must Conserve Crop Varieties
Dr. Paula Bramel penned an editorial in the Des Moines Register on the importance of crop diversity: "Hungry world must conserve crop diversity."
Within the next 10 years, a billion more people will be living on the planet. In...
18 Sep 2013
18 Sep 2013
Ames Tribune: Crop Diversity Conference Underway in Ames
The Ames Tribune reports on the Annual Genebank Managers Meeting held in Ames, Iowa this year.
People from across the world have made their way to Ames to take part in an annual meeting talking about the future of the world’s...
16 Sep 2013
16 Sep 2013