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To some, chickpeas are synonymous with hummus. But that’s a pretty limited view of a crop that is the second most eaten pulse in the world.

Chana dal, Burmese tofu, farinata di ceci, chana masala, chakhchoukha, guasanas. They’re...

A team of genebank specialists recently reviewed national crop genebanks in Uganda and Tanzania as part of the Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project.

The Crop Trust's BOLD project has awarded the James Hutton Institute with funding to further develop its innovative software to support global food security efforts.

Hutton’s homegrown software platforms, GridScore and Germinate,...

Wambui Mbichi, host of the Farm to Table KE podcast, recently spoke to the Crop Trust's Nora Castañeda. Nora spoke about biodiversity and its contribution to food and nutrition security and agriculture. She also spoke about...

The Crop Trust facilitated the development of a global strategy to conserve the diversity of eggplant and its wild relatives to help ensure food and nutrition security. 

If there was a contest for the most glamorous vegetable,...

Moïse Mounkoro held three cards in his hand – one red, one yellow and one white. He felt like he was the football umpire in his local village of Sokoro in east central Mali.

He pulled out a red card, not to eject a player from...

ICSWC 14RS 00020-3-47-1:201704 may be a mouthful, but to Kenyan farmers it could spell food security and better livelihood.