Alwin Kopse is head of international affairs at the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, representing Switzerland in international fora. Kopse is the chair of the Governing Body of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and of the International Advisory Panel of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Opinion: Crop diversity, nurtured over centuries, is eroding fast. A global gathering in Lima, Peru, will determine whether we can safeguard the genetic resources needed to feed future generations.
