April 21, 2020

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Joint statement on COVID-19 impacts on food security and nutrition - FAO, IFAD, the World Bank and WFP on the occasion of the Extraordinary G20 Agriculture Minister's Meeting

International Seed Federation - Seed movement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a video Q&A with Szabolcs Ruthner, Regulatory Affairs Executive, and Rose Souza Richards, Seed Health Manager

April 17, 2020

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International Seed Federation response to the Call to Action by the Food and Land Use Coalition

A call to action for world leaders: Preventing a global food security crisis while combatting COVID-19 (The Food and Land Use Coalition)

Relying on “local food” is a distant dream for most of the world
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New report looks at food crises in the time of COVID-19 - 2020 edition of The Global Report on Food Crises will be released 21 April - Describes the scale of acute hunger as implications of COVID-19 pandemic for food security begin to be felt

April 16, 2020

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Concerned experts ask world leaders to head off a global food security crisis from COVID-19 - The number of the world’s hungry could double and trade restrictions will harm food importing nations, experts say

April 15, 2020

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Don’t forget about the impact of COVID-19 on the rural poor and on food security - The Scaling Up community of practice discusses challenges and opportunities for an improved “new normal” for agriculture, research and development

April 14, 2020

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Hari Upadhyaya: The fearless breeder in the genebank, recipient of the inaugural Crop Trust Legacy Award

April 8, 2020

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Continuous adoption of GE crops confirms that coexistence is attainable

April 7, 2020

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Safeguarding the food chain: Seed movement and food security during the COVID-19 crisis - An update from the International Seed Federation

April 6, 2020

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CIOPORA requests UPOV Member States to implement support measures for breeders amid COVID-19 crisis
CIOPORA solicita a los Estados Miembros de UPOV que implementen medidas de apoyo a los obtentores debido a la crisis por el COVID-19 

March 31, 2020

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Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets

March 30, 2020

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Heroes among us, who feed the world

Major climate, nature talks threatened by coronavirus

La Federación Internacional de Semillas pide a los gobiernos que faciliten el movimiento de semillas en tiempos de COVID-19 (Agronews Castilla y León )

March 27, 2020

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ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world - Climate change will see pests moving countries and continents as conditions become more favorable

March 26, 2020

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FAO Director-General urges G20 to ensure that food value chains are not disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic - Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply

March 24, 2020

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‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director

March 23, 2020

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Movement of seed in the time of COVID-19: A call from the International Seed Federation (ISF) for information from national and regional seed associations and seed companies

March 17, 2020

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From hunger to profitable harvest: How GMO, CRISPR-edited plants can help curb $220 billion in annual crop losses (Genetic Literacy Project)

International Seed Federation statement on the movement of seed under the COVID-19 crisis

March 13, 2020

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In new hostile climate, drought-tolerant crops, systems needed on unprecedented scale

March 11, 2020

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10 female founders revolutionizing the agriculture and functional food system - The women making tremendous contributions to the growth of the agriculture industry (Thrive Global)

March 10, 2020

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The environmental consequences of climate-driven agricultural frontiers (Plos One)

March 9, 2020

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To celebrate International Women’s Day the International Seed Federation focuses on the longest serving member of the ISF Secretariat, a woman by the name of Dr Radha Ranganathan

In honor of International Women's Day, Danziger interviewed some of the world's most influential women in the flower industry

February 24, 2020

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World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations

February 19, 2020

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Global climate frameworks miss the 'big picture' on food, say scientists - Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption

January 31, 2020

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Verdant Partners present 2019 Global Food and Agribusiness M&A Review