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New Climate-Resilient Alfalfa Gives Hope to Drought-Stricken Farmers in Kazakhstan
For more information, please contact: Luis Salazar at luis.salazar@croptrust.org or +33 6 99 70 3434 Lynda Mwakisha at lmwakisha@burness.com or +254 704 589 177
Kazakhstan releases its first drought- and heat-tolerant...
9 Oct 2025
Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time
In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we salute Brazilian scientist Dr Vania Azevedo, who was just tapped to lead CGIAR’s global genebanks. In her previous job, her tireless advocacy for crop diversity helped create...
8 Oct 2025
International Coffee Day: Rediscovering Coffee Diversity with CATIE’s William Solano
Pumpkin spice lattes, oat milk cappuccinos, flavored cold brews – coffee trends come and go. But behind every new flavor sensation is something much deeper: the diversity of the coffee plant itself. And that diversity is under...
30 Sep 2025
The Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants Launches to Strengthen Global Food Security
The New York Botanical Garden and partners have launched the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants (GCCFP). This new initiative brings together botanical gardens, genebanks, research institutions and other partners to...
25 Sep 2025
Farmers Build Resilience with Genebank Seeds
User Groups Offer Model to Increase Use of Crop Diversity, Study Finds
16 Sep 2025
Long-Term Funding Supports AfricaRice Genebank and the Future of Rice Diversity
Partnership ensures farmers and breeders have lasting access to the crop’s diversity.
Bonn, Germany, 29 August 2025 – Over 35 million smallholder rice farmers across Africa stand to benefit from the agreement signed last month...
29 Aug 2025
Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come
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.
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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