Morocco’s Genebank Steps Up: From Settat to Svalbard
In a wheat field an hour’s drive south of Casablanca, Dr Ali Sahri and his team pose for a photo as the swaying spikes tickle their legs. Behind their smiles lies an awesome responsibility: to safeguard Morocco’s unique crop...
24 Oct 2025
Ecuador’s Model Genebank
Ecuador may be small in size, but it’s big in biodiversity. With landscapes that stretch from the Amazon to the Andes and even include the Galápagos Islands, this South American country is home to many plants and animals found...
20 Oct 2025
Eat Food? Choose Diversity!
Michael Pollan’s best-selling books and films raise awareness about where food in Western diets comes from, and why eating “real” food from diverse crops is so important.
Few writers have changed the way we think about food quite...
17 Jul 2025
Crop Diversity Drives Global Security
Conservation of agrobiodiversity bolsters nations’ well-being and resilience to crises.
Our view of national and global security should expand. Certainly, it means protecting against the threat of war, terrorism and espionage...
8 Jul 2025
BOLDER’s Citizen Science Approach Unlocks New Opportunities for Underutilized Crops in Benin and Tanzania
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...
30 Jun 2025
New Drought-tolerant Durum Wheat Variety Proves Its Worth in Morocco
As seed multiplication efforts for the durum wheat variety Jawahir continue, farmers in drought-stricken regions of Morocco get a first taste of its potential.
BONN, GERMANY, 17 June 2025 – “We prefer not to plant. It’s too dry,”...
17 Jun 2025
Crop Trust Joins the Global Donor Platform
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) is pleased to welcome the Crop Trust as its newest member. Representing Crop Trust will be Jaspreet Stamm, Director of External Affairs and Conrad Rein, Secretary of the...
2 May 2025
Seeding Security: The Urgency of Resilient Agriculture in a Destabilized World
Every year, security experts and thought leaders from around the world gather in Munich to discuss the world's security policy challenges. The Crop Trust was invited to the 2025 Munich Security Conference to highlight how crop...
7 Apr 2025
Taiwan News: World Vegetable Center Upgrades Genebank in Tainan
The World Vegetable Center’s genebank was recently renovated and officially inaugurated at a public ceremony in Tainan on Monday.
Originally funded in 2010 by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the facility was established as...
31 Mar 2025









