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Seeking Crop Elders Scientists and crop breeders are racing to identify the wild ancestors of domesticated plants before a warming world hastens their demise. David Rupple presses two thumbs into…

Chickpea Wild Relatives: Using Science to Change the World Whenever I mention working with chickpeas, the almost universal response I get is “Oh yeah, hummus!” What most people don’t realize is…

Lentil serendipity – and hard work As part of the project “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Collecting, Protecting and Preparing Crop Wild Relatives”, a global network of lentil scientists…

Durum Wheat Pre-Breeding for Food Security Durum wheat is the tenth most important food crop in the world. It is often referred to as the “Biblical crop”. Its ancient domestication was linked to…

The Women Finger Millet Advocates of Western Kenya Finger millet hardly needs an introduction in Western Kenya. The crop is native to the highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda and has been…

Selection by Stone Abdellah Bounagua clutched the stone tightly in his weathered hands. With it, he could cast one vote. The durum wheat farmer from Marchouch in northern Morocco wanted to make sure…

GROW Webinar: What It Takes To Build an Eco-efficient Genebank for the 21st Century Presented by: Peter Wenzl, Leader, Genetic Resource Program, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Peter…

BION Herbsttagung The Crop Trust's Director of Programs Sarada Krishnan is participating in the BION autumn conference on Thursday, October 20, 2022 where she'll give a lecture on the…

Wild About Bananas Hunting for Drought Tolerance in Papua New Guinea Bananas were first domesticated in Southeast Asia, sometime between 5,000 and 8,000 BCE. They have since spread widely around…

Wild Plants from Four Continents Deliver Climate Change Lifeline for Crops Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food. Bonn,…