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Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

The Economist’s writers are by and large a pretty hard-nosed lot. I guess it’s in their job description. So this final paragraph in an article on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)...

Information is liberating

Data and information systems make our lives easier, in our personal capacity and in our workspace, allowing us to access the information we need with ease and efficiency. In the world of plant genetic...

Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing climate. As our cultivated carrots are highly sensitive to...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

On 28 April, at the G-20 meeting in Berlin, the Crop Trust hosted an Expert Panel entitled: Beyond talk: how to put private capital to work for the future of agriculture. The follow up will be at the E...

SCIENCE BRIEF: BIOFORTIFICATION | NO.1

As one of the world’s major staple food crops, wheat is consumed by 35% of the human population, contributing almost 20% of dietary energy and protein to the diets of developing countries....

A Conversation with Howarth Bouis, Founder and Former Director of HarvestPlus

On a cool day in March, the Crop Trust had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Howarth Bouis, otherwise known as “Howdy”, at our offices in Bonn....

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

The international agricultural research centers have been through a lot during the almost 75 years that have gone by since the first tentative steps were taken towards establishing...

Como parte de la iniciativa “un catálogo de Genesys para datos fenotípicos”, William Solano, ‎‎Investigador en Recursos Genéticos y Biotecnología del CATIE, visitó el Crop Trust. En este blogpost, William nos cuenta un poco sobre...

Can rice breeding cut four minutes off the world’s favorite recipe?

Rice is the most frequently cooked and eaten grain on the planet, with well over a billion cooks bringing a pot to boil every day. It’s a very simple recipe, as...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

Successes come in all shapes and sizes. You might rightly accuse me of not being fully objective when it comes to the Crop Trust. I am delighted, however, that there are people in high places who...