Latest Crop diversity Stories

As climate change is credited as one of the main drivers behind soaring food prices, the Global Crop Diversity Trust is undertaking a major effort to search crop collectionsâ€”from Azerbaijan to Nigeriaâ€”for the traits that could arm agriculture against the impact of future changes.

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - A resilient new strain of wheat fungus
from east Africa is threatening to spread to the Middle East,
Asia and the Americas and bring catastrophic crop damage,
scientists said on Thursday.