In the Media

A genebank worker wheels seeds through the AfricaRice genebank in Côte d’Ivoire, where the largest collection of African rice varieties in the world is safeguarded. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

Some types of rice are for the Saamaka’s staple foods but some, such as these darker ones, are reserved for traditional ceremonies, funerals and ritual offerings by Maroon communities. Photograph: Bram Ebus/The Guardian

Photo: Luis Salazar for Crop Trust

Finger millet pre-breeding at Maseno University in western Kenya. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Moroccan farmer Abdellah Bounagua shows a spike of Nachit, a new variety developed from crop wild relative-derived durum wheat. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Alfalfa breeder Alan Humphries (SARDI) with the woody shrub Medicago arborea, a crop wild relative used to introduce new diversity into the alfalfa genepool, at the Waite Institute, Adelaide, South Australia. Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust