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Tapping into genetic diversity for food security in a 4 degrees warmer world

Lili Szilagyi, CCAFS and Cierra Martin, Crop Trust

While efforts are underway to mitigate emissions and adapt to a 2°C increase, it's important to...

To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Vavilov, I interviewed Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR). Born in USSR in 1952, Dr. Dzubenko is also a professor and a botanist.

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Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up and it's only going to get worse: Transformational Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Amanda Fuller, Former Crop Trust Partnerships Fellow

Since 2015, drought-induced crop failures and livestock...

7 November 2017 - the Weekly Times covers the visit of Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer, to Bonn for our Executive Board Meetings. Tim Fischer is the Crop Trust's newly appointed Executive Board Chair and will...

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...