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By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Let’s Meet Up for Tea A global consortium on tea genetic resources will benefit tea-growing countries around the world, according to Professor Liang Chen, curator of the world’s largest collection of…

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…

Life Insurance for Genebanks Genebanks are generally safe. But they are not invulnerable. More than a decade ago, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas’ (ICARDA)…

Like a Spike in a Haystack Como Una Espiga en un Pajar: A Course on Collecting, Processing and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives 16 dedicated participants from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador,…

Live Science: Doomsday Seed Vault's Birthday Brings 25,000 Gifts Live Science reports on the addition of 25,000 varieties to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on its birthday. This week, the Doomsday…

Local Solutions to a Global Challenge and How India Can Usher in Zero Hunger Professor M S Swaminathan, the Father of Green Revolution in India, writes in the New Indian Express in support of…

Logotonu Meleisea Waqainabete: Guardian of Crop Diversity in the Pacific Islands The latest in our Seed Heroes series celebrates genebank manager Logotonu Meleisea Waqainabete for her work…

Long-Term Funding Supports AfricaRice Genebank and the Future of Rice Diversity Partnership ensures farmers and breeders have lasting access to the crop’s diversity. Bonn, Germany, 29 August…