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SVALBARD, NORWAY – 16 October 2017 – Seeds of a nearly extinct wild bean, which has evolved a vigorous root system that makes it more resilient to tropical storms, are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. On World...

1 October 2017 - On World Coffee Day, Crop Trust Executive Director, Marie Haga, pens an opinion piece in Business Green, warning that our daily cup of coffee is at risk from climate impacts unless urgent action is taken.

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Friday, 29 September 2017 – Starting  today and culminating on Sunday, 1 October 2017, the 77 Member States of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and dozens of coffee associations around the world are coming together to ...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

Rome. Ames. Arusha. Izmir. Horsham. Meise.

For the past six years, the managers of some of the world’s most important collections of crop biodiversity have met at annual meetings held in these...

SVALBARD, NORWAY – Last week, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) deposited more than 7,500 seed samples for safekeeping in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. At the same time, ICARDA...

Algunos de los cultivos más importantes de la humanidad se originaron en América Latina, como el maíz y la yuca, las patatas y los frijoles, los tomates y los chiles. Todos estos – y muchos otros oriundos de la región – son...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

2.5 can mean anything. Percent. Degrees. Kilometers. Kilos. Centimeters.

For everyone connected to biodiversity it has a very special meaning. And if you stumble into someone who happens to work with...

Daniel Debouck, a Belgian researcher who until his retirement a few months ago ran the CIAT genebank, received the Order of Leopold a couple of weeks back. That’s his country’s highest civilian honour, and he looks pretty proud...

Forages for the Future, Issue 4 is now available! In this newsletter, Forage scientists, Bruce Pengelly and Brigitte Maass, discuss priorities for 2017 and beyond. These priorities include encouraging the adoption of...