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Seed Systems: The Hidden Networks Behind the Food on our Plates
What is your favorite taco? The diversity of different ingredients to make a tasty taco makes it a difficult decision. That diversity begins long before maize is harvested for tortillas or beans are harvested for filling. It...
7 Jul 2026
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Potatoes for a Changing Climate
Climate change is reducing potato yields in some important production areas due to more drought, heat, and diseases like late blight and bacterial wilt.
Our partners from the International Potato Center (CIP) are working with the...
23 Mar 2020
David Ellis: Finding the Balance Between Manager and Scientist
Recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award David Ellis was once asked how to prepare for a career as a genebank scientist. “There’s no fricking way,” he responded. “You not only have to be well grounded in science but you...
8 May 2019
Wild Plants from Four Continents Deliver Climate Change Lifeline for Crops
Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food.
Bonn, Germany and Washington, DC (3 DECEMBER 2019)—As the world grapples with the challenge of sustainably...
12 Mar 2019
Guest Post: Nourishing Collaborations
A social anthropologist tells us about her recent experiences amidst a large and global community working towards conserving and using plant genetic resources for food security and adaptation to climate change.
Imagine...
8 Dec 2015
8 Dec 2015
Andean Potato Varieties Once Lost, Now Safeguarded Forever
Ancient crops preserved for future generations in Arctic seed vault
Potato varieties once thought lost to the Andean people who introduced them to the world safeguarded for future generations
27 August 2015, Svalbard, Norway -...
27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015
Four Things That Keep A Genebank Manager Awake At Night
Dave Ellis, Genebank Manager at CIP in Lima, Peru, shares with our Crop Topics readers his views and concerns regarding the present state and future challenges of plant genetic resources conservation around the world.
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6 Jul 2015
6 Jul 2015
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