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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
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
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
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
Expert Consultation Group Meeting
-- 29 November to 1 December 2016, Bonn Germany: This week, some of the world’s leading experts on ex situ conservation converge in Bonn at the Crop Trust’s headquarters to discuss the current crop coverage of ex situ collections....
30 Nov 2016
30 Nov 2016 - 30 Nov 2016
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
#CropsInColor Q&A with Brent Stirton
Luis Salazar | Global Crop Diversity Trust
In his two-decade career, Brent Stirton has focused his work on issues dear to his heart, which include conservation, sustainability and the environment. He has won nine awards from the...
23 Nov 2016
23 Nov 2016
The Roots of Eating
Berlin, Germany - 20 November 2016: "What are the 'roots' of our food"? asks Anne Brüning from the German newspaper, die Berliner Zeitung.
In the article, Brüning explains how many of the crops we eat today have originally come...
22 Nov 2016
22 Nov 2016