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Eat Food? Choose Diversity!
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Eat Food? Choose Diversity!

Michael Pollan’s best-selling books and films raise awareness about where food in Western diets comes from, and why eating “real” food from diverse crops is so important.

Few writers have changed the way we think about food quite...

17 Jul 2025

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Crop Diversity Drives Global Security

Conservation of agrobiodiversity bolsters nations’ well-being and resilience to crises.

Our view of national and global security should expand. Certainly, it means protecting against the threat of war, terrorism and espionage...

8 Jul 2025

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Call for Action: Secure the Financing of Genebanks to Strengthen Resilient, Productive, Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems

SEVILLE, SPAIN, 03 July 2025  – The UN Conference on Finance for Development in Seville 2025 brings governments, international financial institutions and development actors together at a critical moment. It aims to align financial...

3 Jul 2025

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BOLDER’s Citizen Science Approach Unlocks New Opportunities for Underutilized Crops in Benin and Tanzania

During the first few hours of daylight – before the sun gets high and it’s too hot outside – experimental fields at the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) research station in Cotonou, Benin, are buzzing with activity. Solar-powered...

30 Jun 2025

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Vietnam Recognizes its First-Ever Rice Variety Derived from Crop Wild Relatives

Plant Breeders Innovate Against Climate Change 

Vietnam's agriculture is at a crossroads. Extreme weather events, higher temperatures and unpredictable rainfall are putting pressure on the country’s food supply and disrupting...

20 Jun 2025

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New Drought-tolerant Durum Wheat Variety Proves Its Worth in Morocco

As seed multiplication efforts for the durum wheat variety Jawahir continue, farmers in drought-stricken regions of Morocco get a first taste of its potential.

BONN, GERMANY, 17 June 2025 – “We prefer not to plant. It’s too dry,”...

17 Jun 2025

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The Seeds That Feed Us And the Future They Hold

World Environment Day is a powerful reminder that conserving biodiversity is essential not just for the health of our planet, but also for something closer to home – our food. The resilience of our food systems, the nutrition in...

5 Jun 2025

Heritage and Health Take Center Stage at the Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit
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Heritage and Health Take Center Stage at the Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit

As genebanks around the world deposit seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week, the focus is on how crop diversity reflects cultural heritage.

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 3 June 2025 – Fourteen genebanks will deposit...

3 Jun 2025

The Wow Potatoes of Kenya: Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds
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The Wow Potatoes of Kenya: Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds

Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds

30 May 2025

Ugandan Farmers Teach Scientists to Rethink Seed Systems
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Ugandan Farmers Teach Scientists to Rethink Seed Systems

Training Course in Uganda Taps Community Knowledge of Seed Systems

26 May 2025

Bonn University Botanic Gardens Showcase the Value of Conservation
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Bonn University Botanic Gardens Showcase the Value of Conservation

Botanical gardens bring us together. They are peaceful places in busy urban areas where people can meet, relax, connect with nature, and learn something. But they also bring lots of different plants together, and thus play a vital...

22 May 2025

Jack Harlan: Sounding the Alarm on Crop Diversity Loss
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Jack Harlan: Sounding the Alarm on Crop Diversity Loss

In this edition, our Seed Heroes series pays tribute to U.S. scientist Jack Harlan. His plant collection expeditions and profound multidisciplinary knowledge helped shape the future of crop diversity conservation and genebanks.

19 May 2025

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