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Farmers have saved a billion liters of fungicide through disease-resistant wheat varieties, which owe their resilience to genes from wild relatives. However, climate change and evolving pathogens require further research into...

It’s easy to take bananas for granted. Walk into any U.S. supermarket, no matter how poorly stocked, and there they are. Bananas top the list of fresh fruit sold in this country—the average American consumes nearly 27 pounds of...

The Crop Wild Relatives Project (2011-2021), was recently featured in an article published by the Scientific American. The Crop Wild Relatives project is a global initiative to safeguard and leverage the genetic diversity of wild...

An international collaboration of world-leading scientists led by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), and supported by the Crop Trust, has delivered six new durum wheat and barley...

A newly bred “black-spiked” wheat with a hardiness likened to the strength of mountains is among new developments in agri-food science, which are humanity’s strong arm to offset the noticeably degrading effects of climate change that are crippling essential global food networks.

The variety is a cross between commercial and wild wheats – bred in a bid to develop crops that are more resilient to the climate crisis.

A new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat has been created as part of an international...

Plus, 5 facts about the humble root vegetable’s extraordinary potential

Sandra Cordon | Global Landscapes Forum

The potential of the potato has only just begun to be realized.

Some 368 million metric tons of potatoes were...

A landscape of thorny agaves, cacti, mesquite trees, and rock is not the first place one might imagine searching for the future of food. How could such a hot, dry place contain some of the keys to nourishing the world?

Colin...

Last Monday, a Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project delegation visited Embrapa Temperate Agriculture (Pelotas, RS) to learn more about the work of rescuing wild potato relatives - one of the branches of the CWR project in Brazil.

Ma...