On a remote Arctic island, scientists have swung open the doors of the world’s largest so called doomsday vault and offered a ...
Scientists are racing to protect the world’s seeds from natural disasters and war. But what happens when those disasters come ...
Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway ...
Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...
How do we make sure we can keep growing our most popular fruits and vegetables far into the future? Climate change has been ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adriana Craciun, Boston University (THE CONVERSATION) Two-thirds of the world’s food ...
Two-thirds of the world's food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of ...