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By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs

There’s a reason why the tag line for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization is “Fiat panis,” or “Let there be bread.” Bread is more than simply a food, it’s a potent symbol...

For half the world, rice makes up 80% of every meal. Thus, it's a concern for all of us that rice is so vulnerable to the escalating impacts of natural disasters.

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami swamped more than 46,000 hectares of...

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...

MUSCAT, OMAN — A contribution from Norway today provided USD 23.7 million to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s most important food crops, citing the critical need for crop diversity at a time when populations are soaring...

The U.S. Drought Monitor website does not look pretty. Iowa has seen two consecutive years of drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn production decreased by 13 percent from 2011-2012 because of drought. Crop...

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...

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...