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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

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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
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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

BBC News: Go Wild to Protect Food Security, Says Study
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BBC News: Go Wild to Protect Food Security, Says Study

Recent BBC article, titled "Go Wild to Protect Food Security" says that the answers to future food security may be found in the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops and highlights the urgent need to "go wild" and conserve...

6 Apr 2016

6 Apr 2016

‘Faraway’ Conflicts Hit Closer to Home Than You Think (Like in Your Larder)
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‘Faraway’ Conflicts Hit Closer to Home Than You Think (Like in Your Larder)

A new study has shown that over 70 percent of the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops are under-represented in genebanks. 

The study, “Global Conservation Priorities for Crop Wild Relatives“, published in Nature Plants,...

22 Mar 2016

22 Mar 2016

Syrian War Causes The Global Doomsday Seed Vault's First Withdrawal
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Syrian War Causes The Global Doomsday Seed Vault's First Withdrawal

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has requested the backup seed that they deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to restart their collection away from the horrors of the Syrian Civil...

23 Sep 2015

23 Sep 2015

International Cooperation to Protect our Food Source in the Future
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International Cooperation to Protect our Food Source in the Future

An article by Cary Fowler on food security and the importance of rice published in Korean news in the Chosun Daily on the 7th of September. 

Rice is not just Korea’s most important food, it is the world’s most important. And,...

17 Sep 2015

17 Sep 2015

Conserving Crop Diversity Essential to Achieve Zero Hunger: Crop Trust Executive Director
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Conserving Crop Diversity Essential to Achieve Zero Hunger: Crop Trust Executive Director

The Crop Trust's Executive Director speaks to the Indian Economic Times on the importance on global seed crop diversity and conservation.

MUMBAI: With the twin challenges of population growth and climate change, there is a need...

9 Sep 2015

9 Sep 2015

Local Solutions to a Global Challenge and How India Can Usher in Zero Hunger
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Local Solutions to a Global Challenge and How India Can Usher in Zero Hunger

Professor M S Swaminathan, the Father of Green Revolution in India, writes in the New Indian Express in support of the Crop Trust's work.

In a career spanning many years, I have been driven by one overriding passion: to play...

15 Aug 2015

15 Aug 2015

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