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A Sweet Deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opens this week, for the first time in 2021, the seeds of something really sweet will be among those…

Strawberry Seeds Deposited at the First Svalbard Global Seed Vault Opening of 2021 FAO’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables is being recognized all around the globe—including at the Svalbard…

Stay-Green Sorghum to the Rescue The arid-zone grain sorghum can be made even more tolerant of drought, new research shows. Drought tolerance in sorghum—the world’s fifth most important cereal…

Vision for 2030: Closing the Gap Between Ideal and Reality Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director A collaborative global system for ex situ conservation of crop genetic resources is the vision that…

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 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…

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…

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 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 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…