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Time to Act: Natural Disasters Underscore Climate Emergency Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director As I write this, fires rage in Greece and Turkey, provoked by drought and searing heat waves. During…

TIME Names Svalbard Global Seed Vault Among 25 Iconic Inventions TIME has named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault one of the 25 most iconic inventions of the past quarter century. “Superman had it…

Time for Tea Luigi Guarino | Director of Science  My mother-in-law, Hilda Gathoni, has been growing tea for most of her 83 years. The same tea. The tea she and her family also drink. It’s about…

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science

Time for Coffee Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs The Economist’s writers are by and large a pretty hard-nosed lot. I guess it’s in their job description. So this final paragraph in an…

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Tim Fischer’s Contribution and the Ongoing Challenges Securing the world’s crop diversity is a global concern and a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security. Both crop diversity…

Tim Fischer Finds Aussie Meat Pie in Germany 7 November 2017 - the Weekly Times covers the visit of Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer, to Bonn for our Executive Board Meetings. Tim…

Three Key Takeaways from Food Forever: Climate-proofing our Food For Future Generations Crop diversity – without which we cannot adapt to the climate crisis, improve livelihoods and feed everyone…

Threatened Wild Sunflowers   The line of cars was so thick that Hill County farmer Rodney Schronk couldn’t get into his field of sunflowers. Hordes of rubber-neckers stopped along Interstate…