From Lack of Diversity to Lack of Funding, Seed Banks Face a World of Challenges
A recent article, published in the Smithsonian online magazine sheds light on the numerous challenges facing genebanks today and discusses everything from the origin of these precious seed repositories to what the perfect system...
17 Jun 2016
17 Jun 2016
Marie Haga: La Diversidad de Cultivos es la Base de la Seguridad Alimentaria
Following, the Challengers Future of Food Event, hosted in Barcelona earlier this month, Tech Food Magazine spoke with the Crop Trust's Executive Director, Marie Haga. The Q&A article published in Spanish on the 15th of June,...
15 Jun 2016
15 Jun 2016
Newsletter: Forages for the Future, Issue 1
New newsletter, "Forages for the Future," published today!
After a group of forage and genebank experts came together in Bonn, Germany, last year to start a new forage movement, there was recognition that more actions can be...
2 Jun 2016
2 Jun 2016
CWR Policy Brief: Measuring the State of Conservation of Crop Diversity
New international agreements on sustainable development and biodiversity conservation explicitly prioritize fully safeguarding the genetic diversity of crops and their wild relatives as well as domesticated animals by 2020.
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23 May 2016
23 May 2016
Le Monde: Beyond the Polar Circle, Ten Thousand Years of Agriculture in a "Vault"
Recent Le Monde article, titled 'Au Svalbard, dans la Chambre-forte des semences,' gives readers an inside look at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and explores the importance of conserving crop diversity in the midst of an...
20 May 2016
20 May 2016
Washington Post: Why the World is Storing So Many Seeds in a ‘Doomsday’ Vault
Recent Washington Post article, titled "Why the world is storing so many seeds in a ‘doomsday’ vault" sheds some light on why conserving seeds is so critically important not only in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault but in genebanks...
28 Apr 2016
28 Apr 2016
Yale Environment 360: Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds
A recent report in Yale Environment 360, titled "Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds" says that the world’s genebanks may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions like...
27 Apr 2016
27 Apr 2016
Opinion: Preserving Japan's Unique Food Culture for Future Generations
Kyodo News published an opinion piece by the Crop Trust's Executive Director, Marie Haga, on the 13th of April, highlighting the importance of indigenous crop types and crop diversity conservation in preserving Japan's unique food...
13 Apr 2016
13 Apr 2016
The First Seed Deposit of 2016
The University of Okayama in Japan and Seed Savers Exchange in the United States recently deposited samples of some of the world's most celebrated crops including barley, carrot, tomato, and other vegetables into the Svalbard...
6 Apr 2016
6 Apr 2016