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Chef Dan Barber Talks Deliciousness Through Plant Breeding

Interview and photos: LM Salazar | Crop Trust

I met up with world-renowned chef Dan Barber during my recent #CropsInColor trip to the Northeast region of the United States. Dan has become a leading voice in the global...

6 Dec 2018

6 Dec 2018

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Supporting the Application of the FAO Genebank Standards

Bonnie Furman and Stefano Diulgheroff (FAO)

Luigi Guarino (Crop Trust)

How do genebank managers know they’re doing all they can to maintain the quality and availability of their collections?

Perhaps the most important tool at...

27 Nov 2018

27 Nov 2018

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The Squashes of Autumn, From Domestication to Dessert

Words by Paul Cox for #CropsInColor

Photos by Luis Salazar, Crop Trust

In a field at dawn, Petra Page-Mann is picking squash. Although collectively known as “winter squash” for their thick-skinned ability to last right through a...

19 Nov 2018

19 Nov 2018

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Securing the World’s Rice, Forever

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

This month was historic for the Crop Trust. For the first time, we agreed to fund a genebank with the longest possible time horizon – nothing less than forever.

The agreement with the International...

26 Oct 2018

26 Oct 2018

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Genebanks Are Supposed To Be Forever

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

For as long ahead as we can usefully think, breeders, researchers, and indeed farmers, will need genebanks to help them get hold of seeds.

Those seeds are the key to ensuring...

12 Oct 2018

12 Oct 2018

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A Day at the Crop Trust

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

Let me do a different Marie’s corner this time. I’ll give you a peek inside the organization on the morning of a random day – 18th September.

After a relatively early morning by the computer I walk to...

22 Sep 2018

22 Sep 2018

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Measuring Mantras

The business guru Peter Drucker was fond of saying that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. It is debatable to what extent conservation resembles business, but conservationists certainly seem to have taken this particular...

12 Sep 2018

12 Sep 2018

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The Art of the Multilateral Deal

Luigi Guarino | Crop Trust Director of Science and Programs

Imagine I’m your neighbour, and I have something you want, a tool say, to fix your car. Can we come to some arrangement that will make both of us happy?

Well, I could...

8 Aug 2018

8 Aug 2018

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'Wild' Times at the Crop Trust

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

It’s been a particularly “wild” time for many Crop Trust staff recently, with teams heading to far-flung corners of the world - and often far off the beaten path - as part of the Crop Wild Relatives...

25 Jul 2018

25 Jul 2018

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Securing East Africa’s Cassava

IITA is eliminating viruses from cassava germplasm so it can safely be transported from East Africa to Nigeria.

Morag Ferguson is thrilled with the results of a recent genotyping study. It seems that the cassava landraces she has...

10 Jul 2018

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Daniel Debouck: The Man Who Knows His Beans

The world’s leading expert on the diversity of beans has collected 4,000 accessions in 38 expeditions through 11 countries and has discovered 16 new species.

Daniel Debouck began his career with a bit of a quandary. It was 1977...

21 Jun 2018

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