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Recently, the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture warned that the country’s crop diversity is under serious threat. This major risk to national food security was in focus at a workshop in Abuja organized by the National Centre for...

Seed banks are vital living repositories of crop diversity – a form of agricultural insurance that underpins global food security. Yet many remain underfunded and at risk. In 2024, Dr. Cary Fowler was awarded the 2024 World Food...

Training Course in Uganda Taps Community Knowledge of Seed Systems

Botanical gardens bring us together. They are peaceful places in busy urban areas where people can meet, relax, connect with nature, and learn something. But they also bring lots of different plants together, and thus play a vital...

Devex reports from the lively World Seed Congress in Istanbul, where seeds – and their role in ensuring the future of food – took center stage. In a keynote and panel, World Food Prize laureate Dr. Cary Fowler and Crop Trust...

Tagesspiegel Background reports on the state of global food security, emphasizing the need for peace, funding and a strategic mix of humanitarian interventions to fight hunger.

The article notes that funding cuts from major...

In this edition, our Seed Heroes series pays tribute to U.S. scientist Jack Harlan. His plant collection expeditions and profound multidisciplinary knowledge helped shape the future of crop diversity conservation and genebanks.

BONN, GERMANY, May 14, 2025 – On May 12-13, global leaders and experts convened in Bonn, Germany, for the first stakeholder meeting of the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security.

With an estimated 735 million people...