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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
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
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
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
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
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
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