Opinions

It is sometimes said that one crisis leads to another. There is little doubt that humanity is now facing a cascade of crises closely connected with climate change.

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, Ska Mirriam Moteane, a renowned chef from Lesotho, shares her opinion on the importance of crop diversity in overcoming her country’s challenges, and the joy it brings to our...

I suspect that the well-being of plants is not much on people’s minds these days. Did you know that 2020 was the International Year of Plant Health, for example? We have had other things to worry about, after all. But plants do...

Genebanks and germplasm health units play a key role in ensuring plant health by protecting their seed collections from pests and diseases and by sharing seeds that are free of pests and pathogens with breeders and farmers around...