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Newsletter: Forages for the Future, Issue 3
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Newsletter: Forages for the Future, Issue 3

Forages for the Future, Issue 3 is now available! In this newsletter, Forage scientists, Bruce Pengelly and Brigitte Maass, take stock of the first-year outcomes of implementing the Global Strategy for the Conservation and...

19 Jan 2017

19 Jan 2017

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News

A Look Back on 2016

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

In this "corner" we will take a look back at an exciting Crop Trust 2016 and welcome 2017 with some reflections on what we want to achieve.

The Big Picture

 2016, the planet’s hottest year on record,...

10 Jan 2017

10 Jan 2017

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Event

Ministerial Luncheon: Less Rain, More Grain

Agricultural Biodiversity and Water: Less Rain, More Grain

The Crop Trust, with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, will host a Luncheon of Ministers of Agriculture on 20 January 2017 in Berlin,...

9 Jan 2017

9 Jan 2017 - 9 Jan 2017

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Opinion

A Bandwagon in the Mainstream

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

9 Dec 2016

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News

A Bandwagon in the Mainstream

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Mainstreaming has been at full flood of late. The 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is going on right now in Cancun, Mexico,...

8 Dec 2016

8 Dec 2016

#CropsInColor in Latin America
News

#CropsInColor in Latin America

Latin America is a large region that looms even larger in the history of food. Some of humanity’s most important crops originated here, like maize, cassava, potatoes, beans, tomatoes and chili peppers. All of these remain basic...

5 Dec 2016

5 Dec 2016

A Change in Seasons
News

A Change in Seasons

Confronting the message of drought in a shifting maize belt

Farming in Southern Africa takes good crops, ingenuity, and rain. But can it work with two out of three?

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5 Dec 2016

5 Dec 2016

Crop Wild Relatives: The Nexus of Conservation and Agriculture
News

Crop Wild Relatives: The Nexus of Conservation and Agriculture

Sir Peter Crane | President OSGF & Crop Trust Executive Board Member

The end of October was a busy time for the Crop Trust with the sixth meeting of the Advisory Group of the Crop Wild Relatives Project, followed immediately by a...

28 Nov 2016

28 Nov 2016

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