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News & Updates
Launch of The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The launch of the Third Report will take place during a side event at the Twentieth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. At the event, a summary of the key findings will be presented.
24 Mar 2025
24 Mar 2025 - 24 Mar 2025
Giving Crops an Opportunity: Crop Trust Launches the Power of Diversity Funding Facility
Bonn, Germany, 19 March 2025 – In line with its mission to ensure the long-term conservation and availability of all crop diversity, the Crop Trust has launched the Power of Diversity Funding Facility (PDFF). This transformative...
19 Mar 2025
How Digital Tools Help Us Conserve the World’s Seeds — and Use Them
Imagine a library filled with millions of books. Some are decades old, while others are newly published. People can access these books to get information, investigate problems and come up with ideas for solutions to challenges....
17 Mar 2025
Building a Resilient Future With the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)
The global food system must be able to withstand challenges. Its vulnerabilities are intensified by climate change, environmental degradation and geopolitical tensions, impacting food and nutritional security around the world. We must take a transformative approach to prepare for a more resilient future, adapt our agricultural systems to the impacts of climate change and enhance sustainability in food production.
Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security
The Crop Trust is the only organization in the world that focuses solely on building and supporting a global system of genebanks for the conservation of crop diversity.
Seed samples stored in genebanks
$850m needed
received
partner institutions
What makes us resilient? What enables us to overcome hardships no matter the crisis?
Diversity is what enables us to bounce back from challenges. And it’s that way for our agriculture as well.
Crop Diversity: Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come
Celebrating the Crop Wild Relatives Project
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