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Foods that Can Beat the Heat this Summer

In a market in Davao, traders peel exceptionally large cassava roots by hand. In its roots, cassava is capable of producing a greater yield of carbohydrates per hectare than any grain crop. It may have a short history in Southeast Asia, as crops go, but cassava’s presence in the future seems assured as a climate-tough crop to support food security and livelihoods. (Photo: Brent Stirton /Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)

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Foods that Can Beat the Heat this Summer

4 Aug 2022

Eggplant at a market stall, Valencia, Spain

Eggplants are delicious and nutritious, but they're under threat. The Crop Trust facilitated the development of a global strategy to ensure eggplant can stay on our plates – forever.

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Ensuring Enough Eggplant for Everyone

3 Aug 2022

A Nutritious Future Starts in Genebanks

Schär, a south Tirol-based family business, is contributing funds to the Crop Trust endowment to help safeguard the seeds of pearl millet (pictured) and four other gluten-free crops in international genebanks for the next 100 years and beyond.

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A Nutritious Future Starts in Genebanks

1 Aug 2022

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit - October 2022

24 Oct 2022

24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022
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Foods that Can Beat the Heat this Summer

4 Aug 2022
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Ensuring Enough Eggplant for Everyone

3 Aug 2022
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A Nutritious Future Starts in Genebanks

1 Aug 2022

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Events

Ninth Session of the Governing Body

Event

Ninth Session of the Governing Body

5 Apr 2022

19 Sep 2022 - 24 Sep 2022

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit - October 2022

Svalbard, Norway during the February 2022 deposit. (Credit: Crop Trust)

Event

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit - October 2022

24 Oct 2022

24 Oct 2022 - 28 Oct 2022

United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP27

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United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP27

6 Apr 2022

6 Nov 2022 - 18 Nov 2022

Crop Trust in the media

Food Prices and Security Hit by ‘Heatflation’ as Summer Heat Wave Ravages Crops Worldwide

A failed wheat crop in Morocco. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

In the Media

Food Prices and Security Hit by ‘Heatflation’ as Summer Heat Wave Ravages Crops Worldwide

21 Jul 2022

Ukraine’s At-Risk Farmers to Get Seed Capital From Crops in US

Wheat seeds can be conserved in genebanks and also in farmers' fields. Photo: Crop Trust/Britta Skagerfalt

In the Media

Ukraine’s At-Risk Farmers to Get Seed Capital From Crops in US

14 Jul 2022

Genebank scientist examining plantlets in vial

The CePaCT genebank in Fiji. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

In the Media

Climate Funding to Support Pacific Seed Crops

12 Jul 2022

Podcasts

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Wheat: Our Great Grain

Podcast

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Wheat: Our Great Grain

1 Mar 2021

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Millets: Climate Smart Seeds of the Future

Podcast

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Millets: Climate Smart Seeds of the Future

22 Feb 2021

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Sweetpotato: the Root to Health

Podcast

Chefs' Manifesto Podcast - Sweetpotato: the Root to Health

15 Feb 2021

Videos

Securing Our Food, Forever

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Securing Our Food, Forever

9 May 2022

Celebrating the Crop Wild Relatives Project

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Celebrating the Crop Wild Relatives Project

24 Mar 2022

Biodiversity for Resilience: A Food Secure World Starts With You

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Biodiversity for Resilience: A Food Secure World Starts With You

24 Mar 2022

Recipes

Blueberry Millet Tart

Millet is a versatile grain used as a base for a nourishing blueberry tart in this recipe. Photo: Yi-Wen Lee

Recipe

Blueberry Millet Tart

30 Jun 2022

Mulligatawny Curry

Recipe

Mulligatawny Curry

10 Jun 2022

Wasa Wasa with Scotch Mango Aioli & Mushrooms

Recipe

Wasa Wasa with Scotch Mango Aioli & Mushrooms

1 May 2022

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