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During the first few hours of daylight – before the sun gets high and it’s too hot outside – experimental fields at the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) research station in Cotonou, Benin, are buzzing with activity. Solar-powered...

Plant Breeders Innovate Against Climate Change 

Vietnam's agriculture is at a crossroads. Extreme weather events, higher temperatures and unpredictable rainfall are putting pressure on the country’s food supply and disrupting...

As genebanks around the world deposit seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week, the focus is on how crop diversity reflects cultural heritage.

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 3 June 2025 – Fourteen genebanks will deposit...

Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds

Training Course in Uganda Taps Community Knowledge of Seed Systems

In this edition, our Seed Heroes series pays tribute to U.S. scientist Jack Harlan. His plant collection expeditions and profound multidisciplinary knowledge helped shape the future of crop diversity conservation and genebanks.

Every year, the Philippines braces for an average of 20 typhoons. And every year, the scientists at the National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory (NPGRL) in Los Baños do a lot of worrying. The next storm could erase decades of...

BOLDER Project Stakeholders Meet to Identify 15 Underutilized Species for Conservation and Use

Over 250 farmers, genebank experts, government representatives, and private-sector partners gathered in Benin, Ghana, Tanzania and...

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of northern Norway.

Established by the...

Staff count the cost of armed conflict and step up efforts to conserve Sudan’s unique collection of sorghum and other crops.

Almost two years after Sudan’s civil war broke out, the northeast African nation is experiencing one of...

This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about the Women’s Committee of UNORCAC in Ecuador, who safeguard crop diversity, promote food sovereignty, and empower their communities through the chakra andina farming system and...