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International Hummus Day: Celebrating the Chickpea

International Hummus Day: Celebrating the Chickpea The casual foodie might know a few fun facts about the chickpea. It’s a core ingredient in hummus, yes. It’s stuffed with protein, healthy fibers,

A cool-season crop, chickpea is one of the most nutritionally-packed of all the grain legumes. Chickpea seeds contain on average 23% more protein than other legumes, with no anti-nutritional or toxic factors. With the new deposit, ICARDA has deposited over 6,500 types of chickpea to date.

New ICARDA Morocco Genebank Set to Open

New ICARDA Morocco Genebank Set to Open On May 18th, 2022, the new International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Morocco genebank is set to officially open in Rabat,

Genebank Manager Athanasios Tsivelikas in active collection cold room, Rabat, Morocco.

Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress

Second International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress November 15 – 18, 2021 Agrobiodiversity is the foundation of our lives. Increasing its sustainable use in

A farmer tends to rice paddies at the Maname experimental farm in Tolima, where different varieties of exotic rice destined for Colombian restaurants are tested under local conditions. Over 90% of rice fields in the country are planted with modern varieties, usually bred with a very mixed ancestry from other regions of the world. Resistance to the destructive Latin American virus hoja blanca, for example, has been found in a variety from Taiwan and a few African lines.

Rachel Kyte on Crop Diversity

Rachel Kyte on Crop Diversity In August 2014, Rachel Kyte penned an editorial in Scientific American on the importance of crop diversity to help our agriculture adapt to climatic changes. News out

Agriculture Facing Biggest Threat Ever

Agriculture Facing Biggest Threat Ever Countries across the globe are working on means to combat hunger, achieve food security and promote sustainable agriculture. With United Nations (UN) also

PGR Go

PGR Go Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs OMG! Look, over there! Mewtwo! Quick, let’s catch it Oh, I’m sorry, did I distract you from your own Pokémon Go? Seems like everybody’s

Conserving Crop Diversity Essential to Achieve Zero Hunger: Crop Trust Executive Director

Conserving Crop Diversity Essential to Achieve Zero Hunger: Crop Trust Executive Director The Crop Trust's Executive Director speaks to the Indian Economic Times on the importance on global seed crop

World Seed Congress 2026

The biggest global platform for the seed sector. "Joint actions, resilient futures"

Crop Diversity: A lifeline for resilience, peace, nutrition and food security

In-Person Event Thursday, March 27 Mar, 4pm - 7pm AEDT

A Conversation with Chocolate’s Noah

A Conversation with Chocolate’s Noah The origins of chocolate can be traced back to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, who revered chocolate as the "Food of the Gods." They incorporated it into

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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.