Biodiversity loss a crisis forgotten January 20, 2010, 2:23pm Finally, the world’s forgotten crisis – biodiversity loss – will get full attention. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. The goal of IYB...

It is ironic, bordering on the bizarre, that agriculture merits so little attention in the climate change agreement to be finalized at this month's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. There is a strong scientific consensus that altered growing conditions...

One of the world's most influential scientists has warned that climate change could devastate Africa, predicting an increase in catastrophic food shortages. Professor Sir Gordon Conway, the outgoing chief scientist at the UK's Department for International Development, and former head...

Entrevista en vivo para Radio 5 de España Realizada a Juanita Chaves Realizada por José María Rubí 10 de septiembre 2009 1. Cuántas especies de cultivo hemos llegado a tener y cuántas nos quedan? Durante siglos, los seres humanos hemos...

Not small potatoes: Preserving potato varieties in Peru is vital to global food security. Thanks to a new $116 million global fund established this summer, the Quechua Indians are being paid to maintain their diverse collection of rare potatoes and...