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Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager
Following the recent AfricaRice deposit of 2,400 rice accessions to Svalbard, the Crop Trust sat down with Dr. Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop, Head of Genetic Resources Unit and GRiSP Theme 1 Leader for Africa at AfricaRice, to discuss...
22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015
Wired: Genebank Saved From Syrian Civil War
Lizzie Wade reports in Wired Magazine: when civil war erupted in Syria, Ahmed Amri, the genebank manager at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), immediately thought about seeds.
Specifically,...
17 Apr 2015
17 Apr 2015
Parliament Magazine: EU Must Make Contribution to Preserve Crop Diversity
Europe must play a leading role in the global effort to protect crop diversity, argues Marie Haga in an exclusive editorial text published in The Parliament Magazine.
Our planet faces unprecedented population growth with the...
10 Apr 2015
10 Apr 2015
The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA
In a personal account of the event, our Deputy Executive Director Paula Bramel talks about the ceremony, which was held in Berlin on 19 March.
Last month the Gregor Mendel Foundation awarded its Innovation Prize to Mahmoud Sohl,...
4 Apr 2015
4 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
Europolitics: Europe’s Response to a Global Challenge
Marie Haga wrote an opinion article fot the web portal Europolitics on the necessity for the European Commission and the EU member states to support and contribute to the conservation of crop diversity.
The European Union has...
1 Apr 2015
1 Apr 2015
CULTURES: Agro-biodiversity & Food Security
Crop Trust Board member, and President of EMBRAPA, Mauricio Antonio Lopes, Ph.D., contributes to the ASM publication with an article entitled: 'Agricultural Biodiversity and Global Food Security'.
The Russian botanist,...
30 Mar 2015
30 Mar 2015
Seeds of Time Screening in Bonn
The Center for Development Research of the University of Bonn and the Crop Trust are happy to announce a public screening of Seeds of Time in Bonn on 8 April 2015.
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A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary...
26 Mar 2015
26 Mar 2015 - 26 Mar 2015
In Brazil: Embrapa E Crop Trust Assinam Acordo
In the Brazilian Press: The Crop Trust and Embrapa to collaborate in crop wild relative project.
O presidente da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Maurício Lopes, e o representante do Fundo Global da...
25 Mar 2015
25 Mar 2015