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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

Potatoes for a Changing Climate Climate change is reducing potato yields in some important production areas due to more drought, heat, and diseases like late blight and bacterial wilt. Our partners

Daniel Debouck: The Man Who Knows His Beans The world’s leading expert on the diversity of beans has collected 4,000 accessions in 38 expeditions through 11 countries and has discovered 16 new

David Ellis: Finding the Balance Between Manager and Scientist Recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award David Ellis was once asked how to prepare for a career as a genebank scientist.

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The Women Finger Millet Advocates of Western Kenya Finger millet hardly needs an introduction in Western Kenya. The crop is native to the highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda and has been

Lentil serendipity – and hard work As part of the project “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Collecting, Protecting and Preparing Crop Wild Relatives”, a global network of lentil scientists

Chickpea Wild Relatives: Using Science to Change the World Whenever I mention working with chickpeas, the almost universal response I get is “Oh yeah, hummus!” What most people don’t realize is

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

Seed Sorting: From Harvest to Genebank Keeping up with the demand for rice seeds: The automation of seed sorting at the International Rice Genebank To an untrained eye, all sheep in a paddock look