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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
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.
20 Oct 2026
20 Oct 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
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
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
GROW Webinar: Developing a User-Friendly Gap Analysis Tool to Build More Complete Ex Situ Collections
23 June 2026 - 15.00 - 16.00 CEST
23 Jun 2026
23 Jun 2026
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit - June 2026
The largest backup repository of crop diversity will open its doors again in June to welcome seeds from around the world.
16 Jun 2026
16 Jun 2026
How Wild Potato Genes Can Help East African Farmers Beat the ‘Chemical Tax’
For many smallholder farmers in the tropical highlands of East Africa, the dream of a bountiful potato harvest is increasingly overshadowed by a ‘chemical tax.’ Disease pressure keeps farmers trapped in a costly cycle – spraying...
5 Jun 2026
Sweetpotato Leaves à la Singida
The sun is barely up when I meet Jasmin Salum in her family’s irrigated plot in Mumbivi, a small village just outside Singida in central Tanzania. The air is cool, still holding the last traces of night. The only sound is the...
3 Jun 2026








