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Zinc-Biofortified Wheat: Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Improved Nutritional Quality

SCIENCE BRIEF: BIOFORTIFICATION | NO.1

As one of the world’s major staple food crops, wheat is consumed by 35% of the human population, contributing almost 20% of dietary energy and protein to the diets of developing countries....

29 May 2017

29 May 2017

World Hunger Day: Why Malnutrition Affects Everyone
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World Hunger Day: Why Malnutrition Affects Everyone

28 May 2017, World Hunger Day --  Marie Haga, Executive Director of the Crop Trust and Bev Postma, CEO of HarvestPlus, co-author an opinion piece for the Huffington Post, exploring hidden hunger, a hunger caused from mineral and...

28 May 2017

28 May 2017

On the Importance of Biofortification & Crop Diversity Conservation
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On the Importance of Biofortification & Crop Diversity Conservation

A Conversation with Howarth Bouis, Founder and Former Director of HarvestPlus

On a cool day in March, the Crop Trust had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Howarth Bouis, otherwise known as “Howdy”, at our offices in Bonn....

26 May 2017

26 May 2017

Illustration of scientist holding wheat
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Genebanks Are Forever

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

17 May 2017

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Genebanks Are Forever

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

The international agricultural research centers have been through a lot during the almost 75 years that have gone by since the first tentative steps were taken towards establishing...

17 May 2017

17 May 2017

Expandiendo el Universo de Genesys
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Expandiendo el Universo de Genesys

Como parte de la iniciativa “un catálogo de Genesys para datos fenotípicos”, William Solano, ‎‎Investigador en Recursos Genéticos y Biotecnología del CATIE, visitó el Crop Trust. En este blogpost, William nos cuenta un poco sobre...

8 May 2017

8 May 2017

Good Genes
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Good Genes

17 April 2017 -- Fresh Cup Magazine reports on the Crop Trust's Coffee Conservation Strategy, a partnership with World Coffee Research and the story of the Geisha coffee variety.

Lush countryside, rolling rivers and an active,...

17 Apr 2017

17 Apr 2017

Inside the 'Doomsday' Vault
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Inside the 'Doomsday' Vault

6 April 2017 - TIME Magazine covers the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Vault has been dubbed by many as the 'doomsday' vault, conjuring up images of a seed reserve for apocalyptic times. "But it is the much smaller, localized...

6 Apr 2017

6 Apr 2017

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