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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
Inclusion as a Woman in Science: Melinda Smale
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.
Melinda Smale was...
18 Feb 2022
Crop Trust Remembers Executive Board Member Barbara Wells
All of us at the Crop Trust are deeply saddened by the sudden death of our Executive Board Member Barbara Wells.
Barbara was CGIAR’s Global Director of Genetic Innovation and Director General of the International Potato Center...
17 Feb 2022
Take a Look Inside the Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors for the first seed deposit of 2022 this week.
10 genebanks from around the world deposited 39 boxes containing 20,443 seed samples, bringing the Seed Vault’s total seed count to...
15 Feb 2022