Beans and Other Paragons of Dietary Virtue
When the United Nations (UN) General Assembly designates an issue to be the focus of an international year, this is usually a tacit admission that people around the world tend to take the issue for...
View ArticleGenome Editing: As Easy, Useful, and Safe as it Sounds?
Helping experts in crop biotechnology explain their work to non-specialists is a tough job – one to which I’ve dedicated a lot of time as a science writer/editor over the last 20 years. One rhetorical...
View ArticleHonor for major food security contributions in Southeast Asia
Two scientists with a long history of collaboration with CIAT have been honored for contributions towards the world’s most widely grown cassava variety - now grown by 60 to 75 percent of all cassava...
View ArticleAddressing the need for seed… and what we can learn from Amazon.com
Researchers believe they have uncovered a promising opportunity for reaching smallholder farmers in developing countries with vital crops that could help them respond to a host of challenges including...
View ArticleFood for tomorrow: thinking outside the box
Cassava is a crop that likes a challenge. It can tolerate drought, heat or infertile soils as agriculture intensifies and populations grow. It is a carbohydrate source for 500 million people globally...
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