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Como Una Espiga en un Pajar: A Course on Collecting, Processing and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives
16 dedicated participants from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Chile convened in Chile this January to learn...
27 Feb 2017
27 Feb 2017
It's Complicated
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
I was really sad to hear that Hans Rosling had died a few days ago. I am instantly mesmerized no matter how often I watch him gesticulating enthusiastically in front of a fancy data...
16 Feb 2017
16 Feb 2017
A Turn in Dr Sibbald’s Garden
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
Robert Sibbald is an immensely impressive figure of the late 17th century. He was, for example, the first person to venture a scientific description of the blue whale, originally...
30 Jan 2017
30 Jan 2017
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
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
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