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Plant Breeders Innovate Against Climate Change 

Vietnam's agriculture is at a crossroads. Extreme weather events, higher temperatures and unpredictable rainfall are putting pressure on the country’s food supply and disrupting...

As seed multiplication efforts for the durum wheat variety Jawahir continue, farmers in drought-stricken regions of Morocco get a first taste of its potential.

BONN, GERMANY, 17 June 2025 – “We prefer not to plant. It’s too dry,”...

World Environment Day is a powerful reminder that conserving biodiversity is essential not just for the health of our planet, but also for something closer to home – our food. The resilience of our food systems, the nutrition in...

As genebanks around the world deposit seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week, the focus is on how crop diversity reflects cultural heritage.

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 3 June 2025 – Fourteen genebanks will deposit...

Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds

Recently, the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture warned that the country’s crop diversity is under serious threat. This major risk to national food security was in focus at a workshop in Abuja organized by the National Centre for...

Seed banks are vital living repositories of crop diversity – a form of agricultural insurance that underpins global food security. Yet many remain underfunded and at risk. In 2024, Dr. Cary Fowler was awarded the 2024 World Food...

Training Course in Uganda Taps Community Knowledge of Seed Systems

Botanical gardens bring us together. They are peaceful places in busy urban areas where people can meet, relax, connect with nature, and learn something. But they also bring lots of different plants together, and thus play a vital...