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Wild Cousins Boost Eggplant Breeding on Our Warming Planet

Wild Cousins Boost Eggplant Breeding on Our Warming Planet The world’s farmers urgently need new crop varieties that are resilient to such results of climate change as droughts and outbreaks of new…

Wild eggplant. Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust

Wild Carrot and Stick

Cultivated carrots and wild relative carrots freshly pulled from the ground.

Wild Bananas from Papua New Guinea Boost Food Security for All

Wild Bananas from Papua New Guinea Boost Food Security for All Bananas come in a huge array of different types, some say perhaps a thousand or more distinct cultivated varieties, but there’s only one…

Wild About Bananas

Why We Need Crop Diversity

Crop diversity is essential for life on Earth. It underpins nearly everything we eat and drink. But it’s rapidly disappearing.

Bean varieties in wooden boxes at CIAT genebank

Why Korea, and the World, Must Protect Crop Diversity

Why Korea, and the World, Must Protect Crop Diversity Dr. Michael Koch penned an editorial on the importance of conserving crop diversity and issuing a call for action in the Korea Herald. With…

Why I Dislike the International Day for Biological Diversity

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science

Why I dislike the International Day for Biological Diversity

Why I dislike the International Day for Biological Diversity Luigi Guarino | Director of Science I don’t like the International Day for Biological Diversity much. I mean, I’m fine with the concept.…

Why Crop Diversity Matters for Restoring Africa’s Drylands

By Éliane Ubalijoro, Crop Trust Executive Board Member

Two farmers of Kakamega County in Western Kenya, co-wives both named Mary Kwena, Mary Kwena One on the left and Mary Kwena Two on the right, bucked the trend of growing maize and sugarcane and planted finger millet instead due to its high nutritive and market values. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Why An Equitable Food System Depends on Diversity

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director Banner photo: CIAT/Stephanie Malyon

Under the school feeding program, children receive a nutritious collation three mornings a week, made of porridge produced locally and composed at 40% of beans flour. Credit: ©2014CIAT/StephanieMalyon

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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.