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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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An Endangered Wind-Resilient Bean Enroute to Svalbard
SVALBARD, NORWAY – 16 October 2017 – Seeds of a nearly extinct wild bean, which has evolved a vigorous root system that makes it more resilient to tropical storms, are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. On World...
16 Oct 2017
16 Oct 2017
Calling All Coffee Lovers: Let's Save Coffee Together
Friday, 29 September 2017 – Starting today and culminating on Sunday, 1 October 2017, the 77 Member States of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) and dozens of coffee associations around the world are coming together to ...
29 Sep 2017
29 Sep 2017
Genebank Platform holds its first AGM
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
Rome. Ames. Arusha. Izmir. Horsham. Meise.
For the past six years, the managers of some of the world’s most important collections of crop biodiversity have met at annual meetings held in these...
28 Sep 2017
28 Sep 2017
More Than 50,000 Seeds Withdrawn From Seed Vault
SVALBARD, NORWAY – Last week, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) deposited more than 7,500 seed samples for safekeeping in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. At the same time, ICARDA...
13 Sep 2017
13 Sep 2017
Los Ingredientes Básicos
Algunos de los cultivos más importantes de la humanidad se originaron en América Latina, como el maíz y la yuca, las patatas y los frijoles, los tomates y los chiles. Todos estos – y muchos otros oriundos de la región – son...
10 Aug 2017
10 Aug 2017
The Food Forever Initiative
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
2.5 can mean anything. Percent. Degrees. Kilometers. Kilos. Centimeters.
For everyone connected to biodiversity it has a very special meaning. And if you stumble into someone who happens to work with...
3 Aug 2017
3 Aug 2017
The Season of Rewards
The story of Harvest in Madagascar and Zambia.
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18 Jul 2017
18 Jul 2017
Time for Coffee
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs
The Economist’s writers are by and large a pretty hard-nosed lot. I guess it’s in their job description. So this final paragraph in an article on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)...
4 Jul 2017
4 Jul 2017
Enhancing the Genesys Portal
Information is liberating
Data and information systems make our lives easier, in our personal capacity and in our workspace, allowing us to access the information we need with ease and efficiency. In the world of plant genetic...
22 Jun 2017
22 Jun 2017
Wild Carrot and Stick
Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing climate. As our cultivated carrots are highly sensitive to...
13 Jun 2017
Beyond Talk: Putting Private Capital to Work for the Future of Agriculture
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
On 28 April, at the G-20 meeting in Berlin, the Crop Trust hosted an Expert Panel entitled: Beyond talk: how to put private capital to work for the future of agriculture. The follow up will be at the E...
30 May 2017
30 May 2017
Zinc-Biofortified Wheat: Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Improved Nutritional Quality
SCIENCE BRIEF: BIOFORTIFICATION | NO.1
As one of the world’s major staple food crops, wheat is consumed by 35% of the human population, contributing almost 20% of dietary energy and protein to the diets of developing countries....
29 May 2017
29 May 2017