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Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard

Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard There’s a sweetpotato variety in Papua New Guinea called “Gimane.” But farmers prefer to call it “I don’t care.” Gimane earned this name because…

Pigeonpea: Food for Drought

Pigeonpea: Food for Drought Drought is a terrifying prospect for all farmers, and a matter of life and death for many. A nutritious legume that can produce harvests with just 65 cm of rain a year,…

Picking Up Where We Left Off

Picking Up Where We Left Off Marie Haga | Marie's Corner Picking up where we left off: my previous post was published from Lima, Peru, during our last Executive Board meeting. I would like to…

Photo Exhibition

1. The Global Crop Diversity Trust The Crop Trust is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever and for the…

Philippines

The Philippines has a population of around 100 million people. The agriculture and food sector in the Philippines account for almost 15-20% of gross national income. It employs around 32% of the…

PGR Go

PGR Go Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs OMG! Look, over there! Mewtwo! Quick, let’s catch it Oh, I’m sorry, did I distract you from your own Pokémon Go? Seems like everybody’s…

PGR Go

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Peruvian-Inspired Fried Yams with Huancaína Sauce

Presented at the Food Forever NYC 2024 by Chef Kristen Little Espinal.

Peru

Peru has a population of 30 million people. Constituting one of the world’s mega biodiverse countries, it is largely divided into the western coastline (partly Atacama Desert), the Andean mountains,…

Perfecting the Potato, With Help From Peru’s Farmers

Perfecting the Potato, With Help From Peru’s Farmers This World Food Day, the International Potato Center (CIP) announced a new disease-resistant potato developed with the Crop Trust’s support.…

Farmers from Colpar in central Peru share their preferences for potatoes with researchers from the International Potato Center and Grupo Yanapai. Ultimately, the farmers will decide which potato varieties they plant in their fields so researchers are eager to get them involved early on in the selection process. Photo: Crop Trust/Michael Major

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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.