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April 16, 2020
Concerned experts ask world leaders to head off a global food security crisis from COVID-19 - The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say
April 15, 2020
Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security - The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development
April 14, 2020
Hari Upadhyaya: The fearless breeder in the genebank, recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award
April 8, 2020
Continuous adoption of GE crops confirms that coexistence is attainable
April 7, 2020
Safeguarding the food chain: Seed movement and food security during the COVID-19 crisis - An update from the International Seed Federation
April 6, 2020
CIOPORA requests UPOV Member States to implement support measures for breeders amid COVID-19 crisis CIOPORA solicita a los Estados Miembros de UPOV que implementen medidas de apoyo a los obtentores debido a la crisis por el COVID-19
March 31, 2020
Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets
March 30, 2020
Heroes among us, who feed the world
Major climate, nature talks threatened by coronavirus
La Federación Internacional de Semillas pide a los gobiernos que faciliten el movimiento de semillas en tiempos de COVID-19 (Agronews Castilla y León )
March 27, 2020
ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world - Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable
March 26, 2020
FAO Director-General urges G20 to ensure that food value chains are not disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic - Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply
March 24, 2020
‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
March 23, 2020
Movement of seed in the time of COVID-19: A call from the International Seed Federation (ISF) for information from national and regional seed associations and seed companies
March 17, 2020
From hunger to profitable harvest: How GMO, CRISPR-edited plants can help curb $220 billion in annual crop losses (Genetic Literacy Project)
International Seed Federation statement on the movement of seed under the COVID-19 crisis
March 13, 2020
In new hostile climate, drought-tolerant crops, systems needed on unprecedented scale
March 11, 2020
10 female founders revolutionizing the agriculture and functional food system - The women making tremendous contributions to the growth of the agriculture industry (Thrive Global)
March 10, 2020
The environmental consequences of climate-driven agricultural frontiers (Plos One)
March 9, 2020
To celebrate International Women’s Day the International Seed Federation focuses on the longest serving member of the ISF Secretariat, a woman by the name of Dr Radha Ranganathan
In honor of International Women's Day, Danziger interviewed some of the world's most influential women in the flower industry
February 24, 2020
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations
February 19, 2020
Global climate frameworks miss the 'big picture' on food, say scientists - Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption
January 31, 2020
Verdant Partners present 2019 Global Food and Agribusiness M&A Review
December 19, 2019
Farmers‘ Rights vs. Breeders‘ Rights during the negotiations at the 8th Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
December 11, 2019
Global Food Security Index 2019 highlights the growing threat of climate change - Exposure to environmental factors such as land degradation and volatile climate patterns diminishing food security on a global scale
December 5, 2019
How much will we eat in the future? Researchers at Göttingen University investigate relationship between our body size and human global calorie demand
December 3, 2019
Investments in climate services for agriculture and food security outweigh costs
Wild plants from four continents deliver climate change lifeline for xrops - Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food
December 2, 2019
New fee system for access to genetic resources discussed at FAO
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