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Landrace Conservation Offers Hope in Race to Collect Crop Diversity
Opinion

Landrace Conservation Offers Hope in Race to Collect Crop Diversity

9 May 2022

Cary Fowler in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.Cary Fowler holds samples of seed containers in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Photo: Kalle Koponen.
News

Cary Fowler Appointed U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security

6 May 2022

Sorghum breeding field trials in Kenya. Photo:Michael Major/Crop Trust
In the Media

Africa’s Forgotten Crops Could Offset Growing Food Insecurity

3 May 2022

With the harvest in progress outside of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, a threshing team uses flat rocks to knock rice grains from freshly cut plants. Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, holds 2.4 million farms. At harvest time, the rhythm of rice threshing can be heard on most of them. While the country is most famous for exotic products like vanilla and cloves, 85% of Malagasy farmers grow rice.With the harvest in progress outside of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, a threshing team uses flat rocks to knock rice grains from freshly cut plants. Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, holds 2.4 million farms. At harvest time, the rhythm of rice threshing can be heard on most of them. While the country is most famous for exotic products like vanilla and cloves, 85% of Malagasy farmers grow rice.
Opinion

Food Prices Are on the Rise – And the Global South Will Be Hit Hardest

28 Apr 2022

Maya SearleMaya Searle ’22 Selected for Distinguished Fellowship to Work for Global Crop Diversity Trust in Germany.
News

Introducing the New Rhodes College Fellow

20 Apr 2022

Seed Banks: the Last Line of Defense Against a Threatening Global Food Crisis
In the Media

Seed Banks: the Last Line of Defense Against a Threatening Global Food Crisis

15 Apr 2022

Our Food System Isn't Ready for the Climate Crisis
In the Media

Our Food System Isn't Ready for the Climate Crisis

14 Apr 2022

AgroforestryAlder tea mixed agroforestry. Photo credit: ICRAF.
News

‘Diversity Trees’ Shed Light on Gaps in Genebank Seed Collections

13 Apr 2022

Conserving Natural Capital to Ensure Our Future Food Supply
In the Media

Conserving Natural Capital to Ensure Our Future Food Supply

7 Apr 2022

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