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2020 Reflections by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director

A Worthy Bean Daniel Debouck, a Belgian researcher who until his retirement a few months ago ran the CIAT genebank, received the Order of Leopold a couple of weeks back. That’s his country’s highest…

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…

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director

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 Vault for Seeds Tim Farin | KfW While the world is talking of a crisis in international cooperation, the Crop Trust and its partners in countries around the world are creating a global system to…

A Turn in Dr Sibbald’s Garden Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs Robert Sibbald is an immensely impressive figure of the late 17th century. He was, for example, the first person to…

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

A Treasure Trove of Crop Diversity, for Pakistan and the World A team of genebank experts visited the Bio-resources Conservation Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, in June 2022 as part of the Crop…

A Tale of Two Bananas Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs My friend Ali Lawati is upset with me. He works on plant genetic resources conservation in Oman, and we’ve known each other…