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“There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch” Marie Haga | Marie's Corner It’s still so early in the year, but already I’m quite sure we have just witnessed one of it highlights: a lunch with the Crop…

“Foreign” Crops - From Maize to Mangoes - Dominate National Food Consumption & Farming Practices Worldwide Nearly 70% of the crops contributing calories, fat, and protein in a country’s diet…

‘Without Nature, We Have Nothing’: Un Chief Sounds Alarm at Key Un Biodiversity Event The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set…

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‘Faraway’ Conflicts Hit Closer to Home Than You Think (Like in Your Larder) A new study has shown that over 70 percent of the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops are…

‘Diversity Trees’ Shed Light on Gaps in Genebank Seed Collections The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2.5 calls on the world to maintain the genetic diversity of food. This includes…

​​​Alta Sierra Alfalfa Gives High Hopes to Farmers in the Atacama Desert and Beyond “Alfalfa is what our livelihoods depend on, what our animals eat. It is important for my family now, and it was…

Zinc-Biofortified Wheat: Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Improved Nutritional Quality SCIENCE BRIEF: BIOFORTIFICATION | NO.1 As one of the world’s major staple food crops, wheat is consumed by 35%…

Zimbabwe’s Crop Diversity Secured in Svalbard Sofia ran her hand through a bowl of traditional rice seeds from some nearby farms. “Where should I place this?” she asked her fellow members of the…