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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...

By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

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...

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...

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...

The Australian reports on the importance of crop diversity.

PROTECTING the diversity of the world's crops is "fundamental" for ensuring food security in the face of climate change, experts warn.

GOVERNMENTS, businesses,...

Marie Haga was interviewed for a radio broadcast of PM for ABC News Australia. Listen in:

soundcloud.com/crop-trust/marie-haga-with-sarah-dingle-on-abc-australia

DAVID MARK: As world leaders meet in New York to discuss...

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...

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...