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The Bean That Could Withstand Hurricanes Daniel Debouck doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he says he saw one once... or rather a ghost species.  Debouck, the former head of the genebank at

Seeking Crop Elders Scientists and crop breeders are racing to identify the wild ancestors of domesticated plants before a warming world hastens their demise. David Rupple presses two thumbs into

German Contribution to Endowment Germany leads the way with major contribution to protect global biodiversity 19 JANUARY 2016, BERLIN—Global efforts to protect biodiversity have been boosted by the

Devex: Why crop diversity is key for the future of food Amid huge challenges for global food security, one crucial topic will be debated this month in Lima: How do we adapt our crops and seeds for

15 Years of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault: New deposit from 20 genebanks and a new virtual tour to celebrate the remote Arctic seed store

… in Mbe – more or less abandoned in 2002 – had become…

United States Contributes to Fund To Protect Collections of Crop Diversity Under Imminent Threat NEW DELHI, India (28 September 2022) – The Government of the United States of America has

Crop Trust Welcomes Tim Fischer as New Board Chair BONN, GERMANY, October 20, 2017 – Australia’s Former Deputy Prime Minister, Timothy Andrew Fischer, has been named the next Executive Board Chair of

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

… in Ghana. However, Joseph Bandanaa, a PGRRI research…