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The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino

The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino This year the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 15, and will celebrate this…

The plants that feed the world

The plants that feed the world Baseline data and metrics to inform strategies for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Download PDF

The Ponte Rotto of Rome

The Ponte Rotto of Rome Luigi Guarino | Director of Science In the end, it proved a bridge too far. Delegates at the eighth session of the Governing Body of the Plant Treaty in Rome last week were…

The Power and Potential of Agrobiodiversity

The Power and Potential of Agrobiodiversity Protecting and harnessing the earth’s biodiversity is more critical than ever to tackle urgent issues like climate change and hunger. The GLF…

The Power of Healthy Seeds: How Genebanks are Helping to Build a Resilient Food System

The Power of Healthy Seeds: How Genebanks are Helping to Build a Resilient Food System Every night, farmers around the world go to bed worried about their crops. Will they wake up to discover that…

The President of Ghana Speaks at the Seed Summit

The President of Ghana Speaks at the Seed Summit On 25 February 2020, the largest deposit since the Seed Vault's opening in 2008 (in terms of the number of institutions to send seeds at one time)…

The Race Against Time To Breed a Wheat To Survive the Climate Crisis

Scientists are testing forgotten wheat varieties from across the world to find those with heat- and drought-tolerant traits.

Handfuls of harvested wheat. Photo: ICARDA

The Regional Center for Agronomic Research of Settat

Location Rabat, Morocco Parent Organization Institut Naational de la Recherche Agronomique The Collection The Moroccan genebank conserves 15,875 accessions in Genesys, including 1,599…

The Risk of One Potato: Shangi and the Challenge of Diversity in Kenya

The Risk of One Potato: Shangi and the Challenge of Diversity in Kenya In the bustling potato markets of Kenya, one name reigns supreme – Shangi. This single variety is so dominant that it currently…

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The Crop Diversity Digest

From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.