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Enhancing the Genesys Portal

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

Measuring Mantras

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

Greener Grows the Alfalfa in Chile

Greener Grows the Alfalfa in Chile “You need to see it to believe it,” says Viviana Barahona, agronomist and extensionist at the Chilean Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) in

At Estancia Los Niños, Rene Milicevic shows us one of the three 60+ year old alfalfas that Jorge Ivelic from INIA collected in Magallanes [growing behind the ‘daisy’]. This unique sample is now included in the Crop Wild Relatives pre-breeding trials at INIA Kampenaike. Tolerance to drought and frost are traits that researchers are looking for in Magallanes. In the central part of Chile, researchers are searching for drought and heat tolerance. Photo: LS Salazar/Crop Trust

Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives

Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives Two research studies conducted as part of the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project have won awards for excellence after appearing in a

As part of the Crop Wild Relatives alfalfa pre-breeding project, an “alfalfa varietal garden” has been established at INIA’s Research Center Kampenaike (which means ‘Place of Sheep’ in Tehuelche, one of the Chonan languages of Patagonia), where 33 lines that include materials from China, Kazakhstan, and Australia are growing. “There’s also three lines from Magallanes, 11 from the Alta Sierra, four from Canada and 25 commercial varieties,” said Jorge Ivelic. Photo: LS Salazar/Crop Trust

Crop Wild Relatives Project Delivers Beyond Expectation

The 11-year Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) project, funded by the Government of Norway, came to an end in 2021 after achieving or exceeding all of the goals it had set, including releasing several new

Measuring Mantras

Luigi Guarino | Crop Trust Director of Science and Programs

Adapting Crops to Climate Change: Paving the Way for More Resilient Agriculture

Adapting Crops to Climate Change: Paving the Way for More Resilient Agriculture Newly Published Research Shows When the Growing Gets Tough, the Tough Get Pre-Breeding The successful results of a

Barley. DIIVA Project, Marchouch, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Representatives of CWR Project visit Embrapa Temperate Agriculture

Representatives of CWR Project visit Embrapa Temperate Agriculture Last Monday, a Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project delegation visited Embrapa Temperate Agriculture (Pelotas, RS) to learn more

In the Face of Extreme Weather, Scientists Look to Adapt Crops

In the Face of Extreme Weather, Scientists Look to Adapt Crops The Crop Wild Relatives Project (2011-2021), was recently featured in an article published by the Scientific American. The Crop Wild

Letter to the Donors of the CGIAR

Letter to the Donors of the CGIAR To the Donors of the CGIAR The Global Crop Diversity Trust has been established by the FAO and the CGIAR to secure and make available crop diversity for global food

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The Crop Diversity Digest

From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.