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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Partners Direct Princess of Asturias Prize Money Toward Safeguarding Vulnerable Seed Collections
The EUR 50,000 award will support genebanks to secure important crop diversity in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
OVIEDO, Spain, 22 October 2026 – The three partners responsible for the Svalbard Global Seed Vault announced today...
22 Oct 2026
International Cooperation Secures More Seeds for the Future of Food at Svalbard
LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 14 October 2026 – Genebanks from around the world deposited thousands of seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault yesterday, demonstrating how international cooperation helps protect the future of food....
13 Oct 2026
Crop Trust Charts Course Forward with New Leadership
BONN, Germany, 9 October 2026 – At its meeting in Bonn, the Executive Board of the Crop Trust has agreed on a number of forthcoming changes. This comes as the organization prepares for the next chapter in its mission to safeguard...
9 Oct 2026
Crop Diversity Day 2026 Puts Flavour and Healthier Diets on the Menu
One bite of food tells a whole story – about the plant it came from, the place it grew and the people who prepared it. Its flavour can bring back memories or introduce us to something entirely new. Behind those experiences lies...
6 Oct 2026
Coffee Forever
Coffee brings us together every day, all around the world. But what if the coffee we love today couldn't thrive tomorrow? By conserving coffee’s crop diversity, we're protecting the possibilities for tomorrow's. Together, we can keep coffee's future brewing.
Annual Report 2025: Opportunity in Focus
From the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic to farmers’ fields in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the Crop Trust and our partners worked to ensure crop diversity is secure and serves people and food systems. Discover how the Crop Trust and its partners advanced crop diversity conservation and created new opportunities for resilient food systems around the world in 2025.
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.
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