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A Cathedral for Crop Diversity
The world’s most cutting-edge genebank opened its doors on Tuesday in a high-profile inauguration ceremony in Palmira, Colombia.
Part of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, an international research-for-development...
15 Mar 2022
Seeing is Believing
Africa is facing the combined challenges of climate change, malnutrition and a rising population. Farmers on the continent urgently need access to crops that are more productive and nutritious, more resilient to unpredictable...
10 Mar 2022
Adaptation Is Key to Survival: The 2022 IPCC Report
By Stefan Schmitz – Executive Director
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is a sobering reminder that the window to securing a livable future is closing rapidly.
As many as 3.6 billion people –...
10 Mar 2022
From a Childhood in the Himalayas to Addressing Global Food Security: Shivali Sharma
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented female scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
Shivali Sharma grew up...
8 Mar 2022
Sefra Alexandra on Listening to the Stories Within Seeds
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented female scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
If you have the...
4 Mar 2022
Food For a Curious Mind: Damaris Odeny on a Career in Agricultural Science
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented women scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
Damaris Achieng Odeny...
3 Mar 2022
11 Feb 2022
NACGRAB and Crop Trust Intensify Efforts on Using Resilient Seeds to Tackle Climate Change
THE National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) and Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) are intesifying efforts on the adoption of resilient seeds by farmers to tackle climate change and ensure food...
1 Mar 2022
Feeding the World with Agricultural Science: Vania Azevedo
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented women scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
Vania Azevedo has...
1 Mar 2022
From Asking ‘Why?’ to Conducting Climate Research: Sophia Lüttringhaus
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented women scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
Sophia Lüttringhaus...
25 Feb 2022