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Crop Diversity Day Lima 2025
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Crop Diversity Day Lima 2025

Preserving for Tomorrow: Innovative Solutions to Strengthen the Global Genebank System

21 Nov 2025

21 Nov 2025

Plantlets stored in cones in IPK Genebank Germany
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Future task of genebanks - perspectives for the conservation of plant genetic resources

BMLEH & IBV dialogue event on 3-4. November 2025 at the BMLEH in Bonn (hybrid)

3 Nov 2025

3 Nov 2025 - 4 Nov 2025

How to Use Genesys - Part 2
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How to Use Genesys - Part 2

Genesys Webinar Part 2 is here! Built on your survey feedback, this session covers AI search, Climate Search, trait data, and new support services.

16 Oct 2025

16 Oct 2025 - 16 Oct 2025

Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops
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Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops

As the world marks World Food Day on 16 October, the Crop Trust’s Power of Diversity Funding Facility highlights the results of national consultations with stakeholders to identify opportunity crops that boost nutrition,...

14 Oct 2025

In the Media

TIME Names Svalbard Global Seed Vault Among 25 Iconic Inventions

TIME has named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault one of the 25 most iconic inventions of the past quarter century.

“Superman had it right: if you want to keep something safe, build a mountain fortress above the Arctic Circle,” TIME...

9 Oct 2025

New Climate-Resilient Alfalfa Gives Hope to Drought-Stricken Farmers in Kazakhstan
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New Climate-Resilient Alfalfa Gives Hope to Drought-Stricken Farmers in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan releases its first drought- and heat-tolerant variety of alfalfa, one of the world’s most important feed crops.  Developed thanks to wild relatives seeds stored in local and global genebanks, the new variety...

9 Oct 2025

Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time
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Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time

In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we salute Brazilian scientist Dr Vania Azevedo, who was just tapped to lead CGIAR’s global genebanks. In her previous job, her tireless advocacy for crop diversity helped create...

8 Oct 2025

FAO: New Global Partnership to Conserve Food Plants
In the Media

FAO: New Global Partnership to Conserve Food Plants

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) announced the launch of the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants (GCCFP), a new international initiative to coordinate efforts to safeguard the diversity of the...

1 Oct 2025

International Coffee Day: Rediscovering Coffee Diversity with CATIE’s William Solano
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International Coffee Day: Rediscovering Coffee Diversity with CATIE’s William Solano

Pumpkin spice lattes, oat milk cappuccinos, flavored cold brews – coffee trends come and go. But behind every new flavor sensation is something much deeper: the diversity of the coffee plant itself. And that diversity is under...

30 Sep 2025

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