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Nigeria Chooses Its Opportunity Crops Several dozen people recently gathered in Ibadan, Nigeria to help the country face the future. They were not politicians or diplomats or economists. They were

Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we salute Brazilian scientist Dr Vania Azevedo, who was just tapped to lead CGIAR’s global

G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards Janny van Beem, Genebank Quality Specialist at the Crop Trust, sums up the results of the first Genebank Operations and Advanced Learning (GOAL) workshop held in

Forward and Upward: Spirit of our GOAL Workshop in Latin America Marie Haga | Marie's Corner When you hear the word ‘quality’ what comes to mind? This was the question posed by Janny van Beem, the

Wild About Bananas Hunting for Drought Tolerance in Papua New Guinea Bananas were first domesticated in Southeast Asia, sometime between 5,000 and 8,000 BCE. They have since spread widely around

Otto Frankel: 1960s Trailblazer for Plant Biodiversity Conservation In this installment of the Seed Heroes series, we commemorate the life of Otto Frankel, the Austrian-born scientist who pioneered

Talkin’ Coffee Conservation & Use: Q&A with Sarada Krishnan Interview: LM Salazar | Crop Trust One could say that her professional relationship with coffee began with an old photograph of her late