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22 People & Organizations Working to Preserve Appalachia's Biodiversity This fall, Food Tank and the Crop Trust traveled throughout Appalachia to highlight and celebrate its unique food cultures and…

400-Year-Old Bolivian Newcomer Ships Seeds to Svalbard A 400-year-old university in Bolivia is set to become the latest depositor to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, thanks to support from the…

50,000 Petitioners Support Russian Genebank ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (21 September 2010)—A global social media campaign to save Europe’s most important collection of fruits and berries has…

A Bandwagon in the Mainstream Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs Mainstreaming has been at full flood of late. The 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) of the Convention on…

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

A BOLD Future for Alfalfa: More with Less Water Nazarov Arken doesn’t hesitate when asked about the problems facing alfalfa growers like himself. “There’s our problem,” said the farmer from Yenbek…

A Busy Month North and South Marie Haga | Marie's Corner The 17th meeting of the Executive Board is taking place right now in Lima, Peru where we will discuss how we envisage the complete global…

A Carrot Revolution Takes Root in Bangladesh “Everybody in Bangladesh loves carrots: all social classes, all ages, all religions, all casts,” says M.A. Rahim, a professor at the Bangladesh…

A Cathedral for Crop Diversity The world’s most cutting-edge genebank opened its doors on Tuesday in a high-profile inauguration ceremony in Palmira, Colombia. Part of the Alliance of Bioversity…