July 14, 2020

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Crop disease pandemic coming ‘sooner rather than later’ (SciDev.Net)

July 6, 2020

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Current outbreaks of COVID-19 and the international movement of seeds - A statement from the International Seed Federation

June 29, 2020

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Q&A with new ISF President Donald Coles: “We have nothing to apologize for and everything to celebrate”

May 26, 2020

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Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The  Counter)

May 25, 2020

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Israel’s hope for food security post-corona lies in seeds - In an era of severe climate events and global pandemic, Israeli scientists are studying the advantages of legacy seeds ahead of the next crisis (Israel 21c)

May 18, 2020

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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Seed Vault
Il Trattato Internazionale e il Deposito Globale di Semi delle Isole Svalbard

May 13, 2020

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Mark Schermer, Head of Syngenta Flowers EAME about the COVID-19 crisis: ‘Now it is most important to support our customers’

May 11, 2020

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On tomato breeding and realizing your dream: from lab to dish at Hazera Seeds

April 29, 2020

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Latest statement from the World Seed Partnership partners

April 27, 2020

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Human activities are the No.1 contributors for the globalization of plant pests

April 22, 2020

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GE crops yielded massive economic and environmental benefits

April 21, 2020

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Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries - Annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition published today

Joint statement on COVID-19 impacts on food security and nutrition - FAO, IFAD, the World Bank and WFP on the occasion of the Extraordinary G20 Agriculture Minister's Meeting

International Seed Federation - Seed movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a video Q&A with Szabolcs Ruthner, Regulatory Affairs Executive, and Rose Souza Richards, Seed Health Manager

April 17, 2020

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International Seed Federation response to the Call to Action by the Food and Land Use Coalition

A call to action for world leaders: Preventing a global food security crisis while combatting COVID-19 (The Food and Land Use Coalition)

Relying on “local food” is a distant dream for most of the world
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New report looks at food crises in the time of COVID-19 - 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises will be released 21 April - Describes the scale of acute hunger as implications of COVID-19 pandemic for food security begin to be felt

April 16, 2020

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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

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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

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Hari Upadhyaya: The fearless breeder in the genebank, recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award

April 8, 2020

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Continuous adoption of GE crops confirms that coexistence is attainable

April 7, 2020

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Safeguarding the food chain: Seed movement and food security during the COVID-19 crisis - An update from the International Seed Federation

April 6, 2020

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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

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Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets

March 30, 2020

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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

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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

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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