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New Alfalfa Varieties Take Root

New Alfalfa Varieties Take Root From the dry, freezing winters of Kazakhstan and Inner Mongolia (China), to the parched summers of central Chile, to the blistering heat of Australia, alfalfa—also…

Flourishing in her Field

Flourishing in her Field Eyerusalem Arusi Morka shows what can be achieved when women have the opportunity to develop their talents. In honor of International Women’s Day, which celebrates the…

Women working at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute clearing a regeneration plot of fenugreek. The Ethiopian genebank is part of the Seeds4Resilience Project. Photo: Nora Castaneda-Alvarez/Crop Trust

Serving Up Fruit and Vegetable Diversity

Serving Up Fruit and Vegetable Diversity Luigi Guarino | Director of Science A healthy diet includes five servings of fruits & vegetables daily. Yet the cost of such a diet exceeds what the…

Fresh fruits and vegetables on shelf in supermarket. For healthy concept

Brushing Off Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Brushing Off Biotic and Abiotic Stresses New varieties of pearl millet that are more resilient to the effects of climate change are off to a promising start, a new study shows. Pearl millet is an…

Supercharging Nutrition with Wild Chickpea Relatives

Supercharging Nutrition with Wild Chickpea Relatives Chickpea is an excellent source of dietary fiber, with calcium and magnesium to boot, but new research shows we can do even more with the popular…

A Wild Way to Boost Wheat Yields

A Wild Way to Boost Wheat Yields In the face of climate change, improving wheat varieties is essential to maintain yields—and genebanks are at the center of the process, a new study shows. Published…

A field technician harvests wheat at CIMMYT's El Batan experimental station

Fast-Tracking Food Security Using Space Science

Fast-Tracking Food Security Using Space Science Plant breeders developing new crop varieties are finding success after shifting their gaze from the fields to the stars. Scientists at the…

Grasspea at ICARDA’s facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

A Window of Opportunity for a Sustainable Future

A Window of Opportunity for a Sustainable Future Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director It is often said that in the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity. These insightful words apply to the…

CHINA - OCTOBER 20: Farmers harvest rice from their terraces to make a meager living. (Photo by Jim Richardson/National Geographic/Getty Images)

Genebank Resilience Tested as Pandemic Enters Second Year

Genebank Resilience Tested as Pandemic Enters Second Year In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, and countries around the world instituted lockdowns…

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a lab technician is busy at work at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT genebank in Colombia. Photo: The Alliance

Diverse Food is the Real Low-Cost Food

Diverse Food is the Real Low-Cost Food Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director When the first Model T rolled off his assembly line, Henry Ford revolutionized the economy. Industrial mass production…

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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.