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When a pair of reporters traveled to the Nigerian town of Ofada looking for its famously delicious local rice, they were surprised to find no rice at all.

Onabiyi’s mood took a downward turn when he was asked what had happened to...

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...

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...

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...