Europolitics: Europe’s Response to a Global Challenge
Marie Haga wrote an opinion article fot the web portal Europolitics on the necessity for the European Commission and the EU member states to support and contribute to the conservation of crop diversity.
The European Union has...
1 Apr 2015
1 Apr 2015
CULTURES: Agro-biodiversity & Food Security
Crop Trust Board member, and President of EMBRAPA, Mauricio Antonio Lopes, Ph.D., contributes to the ASM publication with an article entitled: 'Agricultural Biodiversity and Global Food Security'.
The Russian botanist,...
30 Mar 2015
30 Mar 2015
In Brazil: Embrapa E Crop Trust Assinam Acordo
In the Brazilian Press: The Crop Trust and Embrapa to collaborate in crop wild relative project.
O presidente da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Maurício Lopes, e o representante do Fundo Global da...
25 Mar 2015
25 Mar 2015
BBC: Forest Tree Seeds Arrive at Svalbard's 'Doomsday Vault'
BBC's Mark Kinver reports on the recent deposit of forest tree seeds and more to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
The Svalbard "doomsday" vault - widely known for protecting global food crop seeds - has accepted its first delivery...
5 Mar 2015
5 Mar 2015
Video: Newsy on the February 2015 Deposit to the Seed Vault
Newsy.com reports on the most recent deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in February 2015.
3 Mar 2015
3 Mar 2015
Wired: Svalbard's Icy Vault Welcomes First Tree Seeds
Wired.co.uk reports on the deposit of tree seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in February 2015.
The Global Seed Vault on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Ocean has added the first forest tree samples to its collection...
2 Mar 2015
2 Mar 2015
Bonn Voices Interviews Marie Haga
Bonn Voices reports on the Crop Trust: Ensuring food security, adapting to climate change, safeguarding biodiversity, protecting nutritional security, reducing poverty and ensuring sustainable agriculture
Ms Haga, can you explain...
21 Jan 2015
21 Jan 2015
The Daily Meal on the DivSeek Initiative
The Daily Meal reports on DivSeek "International Partnership Creating Biodiversity Database"
Agricultural gene banks' stores of seeds and organic material may soon be getting their own centralized search engine.
DivSeek, an...
16 Jan 2015
16 Jan 2015
SciDevNet Covers DivSeek
SciDevNet explores how 'DivSeek project aims to uncover crops’ hidden genetic data'
A wealth of plant genetic data that could help develop more-resilient and productive crops is being squandered, according to the coalition behind...
12 Jan 2015
12 Jan 2015