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The convergence of global diets means just three crops provide 50% of the world’s calories. When shocks come, they hurt.

Bagels in New York. Cakes in Beijing. Instant noodles in Jakarta. Daily habits for billions, yet just a...

Lima, Peru, December 21, 2022 – As the global population burgeons past 8 billion and climate change makes it harder to grow food, scientists in South America are tapping the power of wild potatoes to breed disease-resistant and...

The importance of our planet's biodiversity – and its crop diversity – has never been more clear.

This past year has shown time and again the urgency of both conserving crop diversity and using it to develop climate-resilient...

As 2022 draws to a close, it is once again time to reflect on the achievements and lessons of the past year as we dare to look to the future with optimism and hope.

Before the year was over, we received another vivid—and perhaps...

“Prepare now for the solutions of tomorrow” is a Congolese proverb that could easily serve as a motto for a global community facing the ever-growing challenge of food insecurity in the Global South.

Yet this simple concept is...

Authorities are trying to adopt a new set of goals to prevent and reverse the loss of nature. At COP15 in Montreal, delegates are discussing a global biodiversity framework with clear targets for overexploitation, pollution and...