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Selection by Stone
Abdellah Bounagua clutched the stone tightly in his weathered hands. With it, he could cast one vote. The durum wheat farmer from Marchouch in northern Morocco wanted to make sure he voted wisely.
He ran his hands through the...
27 Aug 2019
#CropsInColor Welcomes the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Food Tank, and the Tastes of Appalachia
The Crop Trust’s global #CropsInColor campaign, with additional support from the Oak Spring Garden, and with Food Tank as an official media partner, has as its next stop: the richly diverse mountains of the southeastern United...
21 Aug 2019
21 Aug 2019
Combatting Desertification and Drought with Crop Diversity
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science
20 Aug 2019
New Beginnings
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
After very careful consideration and with a heavy heart, I have decided to resign from my position as Executive Director of the Crop Trust. I have been offered the position of Associate Vice President...
13 Aug 2019
13 Aug 2019
In Vietnam: Farmers Evaluate Wild Rice-derived Lines
We recently visited our Crop Wild Relatives partners at the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute, Can Tho University, in Vietnam. Professor Huynh Quang Tin is leading a participatory plant breeding (PPB) initiative where 13...
31 Jul 2019
31 Jul 2019
How Fiery Desert Chilis Can Protect Us from Climate Change
A landscape of thorny agaves, cacti, mesquite trees, and rock is not the first place one might imagine searching for the future of food. How could such a hot, dry place contain some of the keys to nourishing the world?
Colin...
22 Jul 2019
22 Jul 2019
Saving Tea, Forever
Demand for tea is on the rise. However, tea farmers are facing many challenges. Climate change and socio-economic issues are affecting production. Worse, most of the tea we consume comes from just a few old varieties, while there...
17 Jul 2019
How CGIAR is Feeding Our Future
"What’s for dinner?
It’s a question asked every day in homes around the world. No other organization has done as much to ensure families—especially the poorest—have an answer to that question as CGIAR, the world’s largest global...
10 Jul 2019
10 Jul 2019