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Think about sunflowers, and there is a good chance that Vincent van Gogh's masterful artworks will leap to mind. His series of sunflower paintings, created in the late 19th century, are timeless representations of the flower's...

Can Tho, Vietnam, 26 October, 2023: A new project is supporting rice farmers in Vietnam to unlock the genetic potential of the crop, by developing new resilient varieties, in a bid to safeguard rice harvests from the impacts of...

Today, Ghana becomes the 100th depositor to deposit seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, an important step towards ensuring the long-term protection of the country’s major food crops. Ghana joins 15 other institutions,...

Even on World Food Day, when the world is abuzz with talk about the future of humanity and the planet, it’s easy to take seeds for granted. But without seeds, we wouldn’t have food.

Saving seeds is in fact what will help us...

M.S. Swaminathan, the father of the Green Revolution in Asia and a builder of global institutions tasked with protecting the world’s agricultural biodiversity, has died. He was 98.

He passed away at his residence in Chennai,...

Many of the foods we cherish the most – bananas and potatoes, for example – don’t reproduce through seeds. They are propagated through vegetative means like tubers, suckers, and cuttings.

For this reason, the diversity of these...

On 19 September, scientists, policymakers and other crop diversity enthusiasts, flocked to Mindspace in Williamsburg, one of Brooklyn’s foodiest neighborhoods, to address one of the most pressing challenges of our time—how to...

The climate crisis is upon us, and its effects are becoming impossible to ignore. Extreme heatwaves, more frequent floods, and prolonged droughts are wreaking havoc on our planet. Including our food supply: agriculture depends on...

Nazarov Arken doesn’t hesitate when asked about the problems facing alfalfa growers like himself.

“There’s our problem,” said the farmer from Yenbek in southeastern Kazakhstan, squinting through the late-summer haze at some...

If you have ever eaten fish and chips in the north of England, you will likely have been confronted with a side order of mushy peas. Depending on where you come from, these are either a delicacy or hideous slop destined for the...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 7 September 2023 – The future of some of Africa’s most beloved staple crops, including important legumes, will be secured this week, following the signing of a Long-term Partnership Agreement between the...