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Devex Dish: How the Seed Sector Can Step Up for Food Security
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Devex Dish: How the Seed Sector Can Step Up for Food Security

Devex reports from the lively World Seed Congress in Istanbul, where seeds – and their role in ensuring the future of food – took center stage. In a keynote and panel, World Food Prize laureate Dr. Cary Fowler and Crop Trust...

21 May 2025

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Tagesspiegel Background: Peace is a Prerequisite for Food Security

Tagesspiegel Background reports on the state of global food security, emphasizing the need for peace, funding and a strategic mix of humanitarian interventions to fight hunger.

The article notes that funding cuts from major...

19 May 2025

Crop Trust Joins the Global Donor Platform
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Crop Trust Joins the Global Donor Platform

The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) is pleased to welcome the Crop  Trust as its newest member. Representing Crop Trust will be Jaspreet Stamm, Director of External Affairs and Conrad Rein, Secretary of the...

2 May 2025

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Taiwan News: World Vegetable Center Upgrades Genebank in Tainan

The World Vegetable Center’s genebank was recently renovated and officially inaugurated at a public ceremony in Tainan on Monday.

Originally funded in 2010 by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the facility was established as...

31 Mar 2025

Australian Grains Genebank leader Dr Sally Norton, Crop Trust executive director Dr Stefan Schmitz, and Crawford Fund director Dr Tony Gregson. Photo: Australian Grains Genebank
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Grain Central: Global Insecurity Means Food Security Paramount - Schmitz

Now is the time to invest in crop conservation and use it to hedge against the uncertainty caused by instability, conflict, malnutrition, and climatic change.

This is the key message of Crop Trust executive director Stefan...

24 Mar 2025

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Nature Africa: Baobab and Acacia Trees Among Latest African Deposit in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of northern Norway.

Established by the...

19 Mar 2025

CGIAR: Leave No Crops Behind - The Case for Cryopreservation
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CGIAR: Leave No Crops Behind - The Case for Cryopreservation

The need for coordinated global action on the cryopreservation of crop diversity is clear, according to a recent article published by CGIAR. Cryopreservation is a technique used to conserve samples of plants that cannot be stored...

27 Jan 2025

Darwin Initiative: Sweetpotato Project Strengthens Communities
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Darwin Initiative: Sweetpotato Project Strengthens Communities

The Crop Trust is coordinating the Sweetpotato, a model for food security and long-term conservation of biodiversity project. The Sweetpotato project is featured in the Darwin Initiative’s latest newsletter, Local Learnings from...

13 Dec 2024

Seeds from Palestine are carried into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Seed Vault provides a safe haven, supporting global initiatives to preserve crop diversity against climate threats and geopolitical challenges. Credit: Jonatan Jacobson/NordGen
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The New York Times: The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds

The world’s seed savers are racing to safeguard the world’s crop diversity in “the world’s doomsday garden shed,” writes Amelia Nierenberg in her The New York Times report of the final 2024 depositor event at the Svalbard Global...

29 Oct 2024

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