In the Media

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...