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Africa’s Food Security Depends on Nature’s Revival

Field trials of rice established by AfricaRice breeder Negussie Zenna in Antisirabe. Dozens of different rice types from Madagascar and beyond are grown in small rows and monitored through the season. The trial includes two new cold-tolerant varieties released in the country’s highlands in 2015 through an international research effort. (Photo: Toby Smith/Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)

Opinion

Africa’s Food Security Depends on Nature’s Revival

“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...

16 Dec 2022

Rice terraces at different stages of maturity in a Betsileo village. Betsileo communities in the central highlands are especially renowned for their advanced rice farming. Wherever a flat surface exists – or can be built – rice can be planted. The farmers sow a wide assortment of local types at different times, employing irrigation to grow some in the dry season and waiting for the rainy season to plant others. This diversity is all at once a source of efficiency, security, cultural identity, and pride.

Complex rice terraces irrigated by streams are in various states of harvest. The Betsileo communities are famous for their intricate landscaping stretching high into the hills. (Photo Credit: Toby Smith/Reportage by Getty Images for The Global Crop Diversity Trust).

In the Media

Biodiversity protection “window of opportunity is closing,” warn scientists at COP15

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...

16 Dec 2022

Stefan Schmitz at the 2022 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue. (Photo: Crop Trust)

Event

World Food Prize

2023 Borlaug Dialogue

12 Dec 2022

24 Oct 2023 - 26 Oct 2023

North entrance of International Green Week in Berlin, Germany.

International Green Week in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: Messe Berlin GmbH)

Event

International Green Week

After a two-year hiatus, the 87th edition of Green Week is taking place live and in color on the Berlin Messe grounds.

12 Dec 2022

21 Jan 2023 - 29 Jan 2023

The village of Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: Damian Markutt)

Event

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Cooperation in a Fragmented World

12 Dec 2022

16 Jan 2023 - 20 Jan 2023

Barret Library at Rhodes College. (Photo: Maya Searle for the Crop Trust)

News

Rhodes College and Crop Trust Celebrate 10-Year Partnership

The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler has been supporting exceptional students at Rhodes College to pursue their interest in global affairs and conservation for a decade.

Since 2012, one...

12 Dec 2022