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Paula Bramel: Research Mentor Who Transformed Crop Diversity Institutions
In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we pay tribute to U.S. scientist Paula Bramel, whose research, mentorship and leadership have been instrumental in building organizations and nurturing the next generation of agriculture...
4 Sep 2025
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Measuring Mantras
The business guru Peter Drucker was fond of saying that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. It is debatable to what extent conservation resembles business, but conservationists certainly seem to have taken this particular...
12 Sep 2018
12 Sep 2018
The Art of the Multilateral Deal
Luigi Guarino | Crop Trust Director of Science and Programs
Imagine I’m your neighbour, and I have something you want, a tool say, to fix your car. Can we come to some arrangement that will make both of us happy?
Well, I could...
8 Aug 2018
8 Aug 2018
'Wild' Times at the Crop Trust
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
It’s been a particularly “wild” time for many Crop Trust staff recently, with teams heading to far-flung corners of the world - and often far off the beaten path - as part of the Crop Wild Relatives...
25 Jul 2018
25 Jul 2018
Securing East Africa’s Cassava
IITA is eliminating viruses from cassava germplasm so it can safely be transported from East Africa to Nigeria.
Morag Ferguson is thrilled with the results of a recent genotyping study. It seems that the cassava landraces she has...
10 Jul 2018
Daniel Debouck: The Man Who Knows His Beans
The world’s leading expert on the diversity of beans has collected 4,000 accessions in 38 expeditions through 11 countries and has discovered 16 new species.
Daniel Debouck began his career with a bit of a quandary. It was 1977...
21 Jun 2018
Forward and Upward: Spirit of our GOAL Workshop in Latin America
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
When you hear the word ‘quality’ what comes to mind? This was the question posed by Janny van Beem, the Crop Trust’s Quality Management Specialist, at our most recent Genebank Operations and Advanced...
11 Jun 2018
11 Jun 2018
An Interview with the "Godfather" of Wild Potato Relatives
On World Environment Day, we interview Alberto Salas, the “godfather” of wild potato relatives
Alberto Salas has dedicated his life to the search for wild potatoes, crisscrossing most of the American continent – from the...
5 Jun 2018
5 Jun 2018
Cui Bono Genebanks?
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
Today sees the launch of the latest Access to Nutrition Index (ANI). It’s an independent, science-based ranking of food and beverage companies based on how well they’re doing at...
23 May 2018
23 May 2018
Maruti – The Pigeonpea Savior
A direct release from the ICRISAT genebank helped revitalize the pigeonpea industry in Karnataka, India.
Sharanappa Pujari’s face started to glow when I asked him how the pigeonpea variety, Maruti, had helped him to prosper. He...
28 Apr 2018
Helping Data Leave Home
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
The relationship between scientists and their data can be a lot like that between overprotective parents and their children. You know you’ll have to let them go eventually, but...
22 Mar 2018
22 Mar 2018
The Vavilov Collection Connection
This week, the Crop Trust's Executive Board holds its semi-annual meeting at the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) in St. Petersburg, Russia. The meeting is just one of many collaborative activities between...
19 Mar 2018
19 Mar 2018
The World's "Coolest" Insurance Policy Turns 10
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
Ten years ago, a group of plant scientists, politicians, engineers, media and more gathered on a snow-covered mountain on the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, for the opening of a unique facility: the...
14 Mar 2018
14 Mar 2018