"At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work……" — Cary Fowler
"At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in the context of climate change and other challenges."
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11 Quotes by Cary Fowler
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The coldest growing seasons of the future [will be] hotter than the hottest of the past. Is agriculture adapted to…
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I'm not talking about losing [agricultural] diversity in the same way that you lose your car keys. I'm talking about…
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You don't look in the eyes of a carrot seed quite in the way you do a panda bear, but…
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In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is…
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Loss of genetic diversity in agriculture is leading us to a rendezvous with extinction--to the doorstep of hunger on a…
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To many people, 'biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word 'nature,' and 'nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the…
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Whether we consciously realize it or not, the biodiversity with which we are most familiar, and the biodiversity with which…
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Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international…
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We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In…
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It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to…
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