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A Change in Seasons Confronting the message of drought in a shifting maize belt Farming in Southern Africa takes good crops, ingenuity, and rain. But can it work with two out of three? View the…

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…

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 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 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 BOLD Attempt to Adapt Barley to the Most Remote Regions of Tunisia With temperatures rising and rainfall becoming scarcer in Tunisia, more farmers will turn to drought-tolerant barley to sustain…

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 ‘Revolutionary’ Way to Feed the World That’s Very Old As the State Department’s global envoy for food security, Cary Fowler is working to shift U.S. foreign policy towards promoting…