All latest news and events
UNFCCC COP31
31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
9 Nov 2026
9 Nov 2026 - 20 Nov 2026
CBD COP 17
17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
19 Oct 2026
19 Oct 2026 - 30 Oct 2026
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit - October 2026
The largest backup repository of crop diversity will open its doors again in October to welcome seeds from around the world.
13 Oct 2026
13 Oct 2026
Crop Diversity Day 2026: Celebrating Food Diversity for Healthy Diets
The event will bring together key actors from across the food and agriculture ecosystem – including policymakers, scientists, funders and practitioners – to explore how diverse crops and foods can support better diets while strengthening resilience and livelihoods.
25 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
Growing the Movement: Scaling Opportunity Crops Through Policy, Partnerships and Investment
This event, alongside the African Food Systems Forum, is convened by the Crop Trust, the African Union Commission and the African Seed and Biotechnology Platform Cluster on Opportunity Crops and Farmer-Managed Seed Systems, with the generous support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland.
2 Sept 2026
2 Sept 2026
UNCCD COP 17
17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
17 Aug 2026
17 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026
Collecting Kenya’s Opportunity Crops: Searching for Tomorrow’s Solutions
Dr Peterson Wambugu is looking for seeds. He is on a collecting mission for the national genebank of Kenya, a Crop Trust Power of Diversity Funding Facility activity.
More specifically, he’s on a collecting mission to find finger...
10 Aug 2026
Crawford Fund Annual Conference 2026
Australia’s key food security event: “Emerging Voices Shaping Regional Integration for a Food Secure World"
10 Aug 2026
10 Aug 2026 - 11 Aug 2026
Arthur E. Watkins: The Wheat Collector Who Saved Diversity for the Future
In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we celebrate Arthur E. Watkins, the Cambridge botanist who collected wheat diversity before much of it disappeared from farmers’ fields. A century later, scientists are returning to his...
4 Aug 2026








