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Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up and it's only going to get worse: Transformational Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa Amanda Fuller, Former Crop Trust…

Interview with Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of VIR To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Vavilov, I interviewed Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources…

The Breeding Advantage Tapping into genetic diversity for food security in a 4 degrees warmer world Lili Szilagyi, CCAFS and Cierra Martin, Crop Trust While efforts are underway to mitigate…

2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security goes to Filippo Bassi & team Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs There are two ways you can deal with a problem. You can try to out run…

It Was neither the Best nor the Worst of Times Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs It was neither the best nor the worst of times. Dickens would not have got very far with that opening,…

2018: The Beginning of a Global Awakening? Marie Haga | Marie's Corner We live in an interdependent world where we all rely on one another to grow and thrive. No one is self-sufficient. But one must…

“There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch” Marie Haga | Marie's Corner It’s still so early in the year, but already I’m quite sure we have just witnessed one of it highlights: a lunch with the Crop…

Documenting the Value of Genebanks By Melinda Smale and Nelissa Jamora The CGIAR Genebank Platform, with support from the Crop Trust, is establishing a ‘Genebank Impacts Fellowship Program’. The…

Feasibility Study for a Safety Back-up Cryopreservation Facility This study was commissioned by Bioversity International, the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Crop Trust with financial…

Vitamin A-Biofortified Maize: Exploiting Native Genetic Variation for Nutrient Enrichment Science Brief: Biofortification | No.2 Vitamin A is important in immune function. Approximately one third of…