Rice’s many varieties thrive in diverse conditions - from rainforests to deserts. The single most important crop in the world, this cereal - in all of its forms and colors - supplies half the world with 80 percent of its dietary intake. It shines a spotlight on less well-researched crops, some of which are particularly tolerant to climate extremes and may become more widely cultivated as climate change affects yields of traditional staples.ġ30,000 accessions (plant samples, strains or populations held in a genebank or breeding programme for conservation or use) at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines and AfricaRice in Benin This photo essay provides a glimpse of some of the advances made by the scientists who work at the seed banks towards achieving global food security. These seed banks protect existing varieties and help plant breeders develop new varieties resistant to climate change and other threats. The money - with nearly 90 percent coming from the CGIAR Fund - will maintain and expand the collections of 706,000 samples of crop, forage and agroforestry resources managed by the genebanks at 11 CGIAR research centres around the world. * Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.Ī new agreement between the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the CGIAR Consortium provides $109 million over five years for the CGIAR Research Program for Managing and Sustaining Crop Collections.
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