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From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.
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From 100 to Four: Favorites in Focus for BOLDER Opportunity Crops
BOLDER Project Stakeholders Meet to Identify 15 Underutilized Species for Conservation and Use
Over 250 farmers, genebank experts, government representatives, and private-sector partners gathered in Benin, Ghana, Tanzania and...
14 Apr 2025
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From Underdog to Topdog: Steve Sando and His Beans
Beans are a staple ingredient in many cuisines worldwide. Packed with protein, iron, and fiber, they play a crucial role in feeding growing populations. Despite their abundance, the diversity and nutritional potential of beans...
24 Jan 2025
Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open
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...
22 Sep 2023
The Bean That Could Withstand Hurricanes
Daniel Debouck doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he says he saw one once... or rather a ghost species.
Debouck, the former head of the genebank at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical...
13 Jul 2022
Tracing High-iron Beans to the Genebank
A Genebank Platform Impact Fellow looks at the journey of beans from the genebank to farmers’ fields.
Stefania Sellitti may not be able to trace her family history back beyond her great grandfather, but she can trace the...
8 Mar 2019
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
An Endangered Wind-Resilient Bean Enroute to Svalbard
SVALBARD, NORWAY – 16 October 2017 – Seeds of a nearly extinct wild bean, which has evolved a vigorous root system that makes it more resilient to tropical storms, are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. On World...
16 Oct 2017
16 Oct 2017
Brazil to Play Key Role in Global Food Security
23 March 2015, Brasilia: Landmark meeting with Global Crop Diversity Trust hosted by Embrapa takes place in Brasilia to discuss the key role that Brazil must play in food security.
Key figures from four government ministries will...
23 Mar 2015
23 Mar 2015