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Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

My friend Ali Lawati is upset with me. He works on plant genetic resources conservation in Oman, and we’ve known each other for over twenty years, ever since we tried to collect...

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Bananas originated in South and Southeast Asia, and are now produced throughout the world’s tropics and eaten in at least 192 countries worldwide. Quinoa came from the South American Andes, and is currently cultivated in almost...

Institutes from around the world deposited seeds into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this May, marking another step towards ensuring global food security.

The latest seed deposit which included over 8,000 varieties of crops from...

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

I collect stories about genebanks making a difference. Well, somebody has to, and it’s kind of my job.  I find them all interesting, but like happy families, such stories are...

Luis Salazar | Communications Manager

Photographer Toby Smith recently visited southern Africa for the Crop Trust’s #CropsInColor campaign. From the central highlands of Madagascar to the swamps of northern Zambia, Toby...

Luigi Guarino| Director of Science and Programs

Watching the England football team succumb again a few days ago, it struck me that what the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is trying to do...

Luigi Guarino| Director of Science and Programs