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This is how the Ukrainian Seeds Were Saved Earlier this year, a secret operation involving scientists and technicians successfully moved a collection of 51,004 Ukrainian seed varieties from Kharkiv…

Thoughts on the Inaugural International Day of Plant Health I suspect that the well-being of plants is not much on people’s minds these days. Did you know that 2020 was the International Year of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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