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How Does a Toxic Grasspea Save Lives?
Dr. Haileyesus Getahun was traveling in the remote north of his native Ethiopia when he encountered a painful sight.
After cruising over a beautiful but arid highlands and valleys for about 6 hours on a mule back, amidst a...
2 Dec 2014
2 Dec 2014
Giving Tuesday 2014
On Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2014, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.
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2 Dec 2014
2 Dec 2014 - 2 Dec 2014
Daily Star Lebanon: How the Mideast Can Help Protect Crop Diversity
Former Executive Director of the Crop Trust, Dr. Geoff Hawtin, penned an editorial in the Daily Star Lebanon on the importance of crop diversity for the Mideast.
Agriculture is facing its biggest challenge in 13,000 years of...
12 Nov 2014
12 Nov 2014
Role of Crop Diversity in the Middle East with ICBA
The Role of Global Plant Genetic Resources for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Middle East
10 November 2014, 10:00-17:00 hrs
ICBA Headquarters, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Agriculture is facing its biggest...
10 Nov 2014
10 Nov 2014 - 10 Nov 2014
More Than Just Talking Shop: AGM 2014
By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs
All the genebank managers of the CGIAR centres get together every year as part of the CGIAR Research Programme (CRP) on Genebanks. It’s not really a research programme. Suffice...
22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014
More Than Just Talking Shop: AGM 2014
By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
22 Oct 2014
Why Korea, and the World, Must Protect Crop Diversity
Dr. Michael Koch penned an editorial on the importance of conserving crop diversity and issuing a call for action in the Korea Herald.
With Pyeongchang currently hosting the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the...
19 Oct 2014
19 Oct 2014
Chickpea: The Economist and the Falafel
The Big Mac Index determines the purchasing power of different currencies by comparing prices of McDonald’s hamburgers in different countries, but in the Middle East, eating at global food chains is often more expensive than...
9 Oct 2014
9 Oct 2014
A Legend Retires: Jane Toll
On the 23rd of October 1987, a young crop collector named Jane Toll was taking part in a collecting mission in central Chad, helping the staff of the young country’s genebank seek out and conserve indigenous diversity.
“Our focus...
9 Oct 2014
9 Oct 2014