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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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Is the System of Germplasm Sharing Global Enough Yet?
25 years of international exchange of plant genetic resources: WHY The multilateral system needs a global management
- A Conversation between Luigi Guarino, Michael Halewood and Gea Galluzzi -
The research paper “Twenty five...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 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
Seeds of Time
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food.
Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation...
3 Jan 2015
3 Jan 2015
Gardens in the South Pacific Ocean
Sometimes you can find the most telling information in a newspaper not in the articles, but in the ads. A supermarket circular in the South Pacific tells its own story:
Mackerel in oil, $3.
30; 4 pound can of corned beef, $3.75;
...
2 Dec 2014
2 Dec 2014
How Does a Toxic Grasspea Save Lives?
Dr. Haileyesus Getahun was traveling in the remote north of his native Ethiopia when he encountered a painful sight.
After cruising over a beautiful but arid highlands and valleys for about 6 hours on a mule back, amidst a...
2 Dec 2014
2 Dec 2014
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