Crop & Climate Adaptation in the Face of the Climate Crisis
Thursday, 20 Oct 2022 at 12:40 pm – 1001 Troxel Hall
Dr. Cary Fowler is the U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security. Dr. Cary Fowler is perhaps best known as the “father†of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon described as an “inspirational symbol of peace and food security for the entire humanity.†This facility provides ultimate security for more than 1 million unique crop varieties, the biological foundation of agriculture and the raw material for all future plant breeding and crop improvement efforts.Dr. Fowler is the former Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an international organization cosponsored by Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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