‘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
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
Daily Development: In Crops We Trust
Daily Development explores “global development and the people behind it”. In the following interview, Marie Haga, the Executive Director of the Crop Trust, discusses crop diversity, food security, and how and why we all must...
14 Aug 2015
14 Aug 2015
European Seed: Why Crop Diversity Matters
The fight to achieve food security and end hunger is one of the greatest challenges facing the world in the coming decades. Rising populations, diminishing resources and deteriorating environment only raise the stakes.
European...
19 Jun 2015
19 Jun 2015
NatGeo: Can Preserving Crop Biodiversity Save the World?
Saving seeds is not as sexy as say, saving the dolphins, and it doesn’t attract nearly as many Hollywood types to its cause. But preserving plant biodiversity is critical if we want to figure out how to feed nine billion people...
22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015
Le Figaro: Une Arche de Noé des Graines en Norvège
The importance of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the work of the Crop Trust in Le Figaro, one of France's biggest newspapers. Story by Marielle Court.
Le projet de centraliser sur l'île de Svalbard la conservation de toutes...
2 Apr 2015
2 Apr 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
Why Korea, and the World, Must Protect Crop Diversity
Dr. Michael Koch penned an editorial on the importance of conserving crop diversity and issuing a call for action in the Korea Herald.
With Pyeongchang currently hosting the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the...
19 Oct 2014
19 Oct 2014
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