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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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Ukraine Adopts Strategy to Save Crop Diversity

Ukraine Adopts Strategy to Save Crop Diversity

Ukraine, often referred to as one of the world’s main breadbaskets, is home to a wide variety of agricultural plants. But since the escalation of the war in 2022, its national genebank system, which conserves thousands of unique...

14 Nov 2024

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Durum Wheat: The Best Kept Secret in Katie Parla’s Pasta
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Durum Wheat: The Best Kept Secret in Katie Parla’s Pasta

26 Jul 2024

Durum Wheat: a Story of Community
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Durum Wheat: a Story of Community

18 Jul 2024

A field technician harvests wheat at CIMMYT's El Batan experimental stationA field technician harvests wheat at CIMMYT's El Batan experimental station. Photo: Alfonso Cortés/CIMMYT
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A Wild Way to Boost Wheat Yields

31 Mar 2021

31 Mar 2021

Durum wheat fields.Abdellah Bounagua casts his vote for the best variety of durum wheat. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)
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Selection by Stone

27 Aug 2019

Woman collecting wheat in a field.Collecting wild wheat seed from regeneration plots at the American University of Beirut's AREC station near ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)
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Regenerating Wild Crop Relatives in the Fertile Crescent

18 Sep 2018

Durum Wheat Pre-Breeding for Food Security
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Durum Wheat Pre-Breeding for Food Security

2 Mar 2018

Illustration of scientist holding wheat
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2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security goes to Filippo Bassi & team

14 Dec 2017

14 Dec 2017

Zinc wheat being harvested in India. Photo: T Krupnik/CIMMYTZinc wheat being harvested in India. Photo: T Krupnik/CIMMYT
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Zinc-Biofortified Wheat: Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Improved Nutritional Quality

29 May 2017

29 May 2017

A Conversation with Simran Sethi
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A Conversation with Simran Sethi

27 Jun 2016

27 Jun 2016

Cassava plantlets in the CIAT genebank in Cali. Barcoded labels link each plantlet to an accession database with information on the variety, landrace or wild relative and where it was collected. Some types have long since vanished from fields, but these tiny offspring keep the diversity alive. Any one of them can be grown into a full-sized crop, which could hold the key to beating a virus in Vietnam or grasshoppers in Ghana.Cassava plantlets in the CIAT genebank in Cali. Barcoded labels link each plantlet to an accession database with information on the variety, landrace or wild relative and where it was collected. Some types have long since vanished from fields, but these tiny offspring keep the diversity alive. Any one of them can be grown into a full-sized crop, which could hold the key to beating a virus in Vietnam or grasshoppers in Ghana.
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Economic Benefits of Crop Diversity

23 Feb 2016

23 Feb 2016

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