Global Crop Diversity Trust

The Second Siege: Saving Seeds Revisited

Cary Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cary Fowler

Never before in history will so much crop diversity be lost intentionally and avoidably as the day the bull-dozers roar into Pavlovsk Station.

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Plants Do It Too: The Importance of Plant Breeding

Cary Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cary Fowler

When people shop at the local market and bring home different varieties of apples and peaches and tomatoes, they don't spend too much time thinking about the sex that lay behind those fruits or the development of the different varieties.

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Of Pandas and Peas: Saving the Diversity Within Species

Cary Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Ipcc, Sustainable Food, Crops, Agriculture, Naure, International Year of Biodiversity, Plants, Crop, Crop-Diversity, Species, Biodiversity, Food, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Cary Fowler, Global Crop Diversity Trust, Food Security, World News
Cary Fowler

When we think about biodiversity, we rarely think about food. But the diversity within crops is notable agronomically and culturally. And like other biodiversity, it's endangered.

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