Sad to report that two giants of our field have passed on.
Dr Melaku Worede helped establish the national genebank of Ethiopia in 1976 and led it for 14 years. He was a champion for the equal participation of farmers and local communities in the conservation and management of crop diversity.
Dr Miguel Holle was a teacher and plant explorer, a world expert on wild tomato genetic resources.
Both made indelible contributions to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources, on both the technical and policy side, over many years. They will be missed.