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A Legend Retires: Jane Toll On the 23rd of October 1987, a young crop collector named Jane Toll was taking part in a collecting mission in central Chad, helping the staff of the young country’s

Crop Trust Signs Landmark Agreement With Kenya’s National Genebank As part of its Seeds for Resilience Project, the Crop Trust has signed the first of five major agreements with national genebanks in

Farmers and Genebanks Explore Crop Diversity in Zambia It’s March in Chirundu District, in Zambia’s hot and humid lowlands near its border with Zimbabwe, and the track gives way to a field of

A Worthy Bean Daniel Debouck, a Belgian researcher who until his retirement a few months ago ran the CIAT genebank, received the Order of Leopold a couple of weeks back. That’s his country’s highest

Yam: Feast and Forest Yet again, citizens of the region of Mahi yesterday celebrated the Feast of Yams. It was held at the Royal Palace of Savalon in the presence of a huge crowd and a group of

Healthy Agriculture Starts with Healthy Seeds Genebanks and germplasm health units play a key role in ensuring plant health by protecting their seed collections from pests and diseases and by

NatGeo: Can Preserving Crop Biodiversity Save the World? Saving seeds is not as sexy as say, saving the dolphins, and it doesn’t attract nearly as many Hollywood types to its cause. But preserving

Catherine Bertini New Chair of the Crop Trust’s Executive Board BONN, Germany (30 Dec 2021) – At the beginning of 2022, World Food Prize Laureate Catherine Bertini will assume leadership of the