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Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler to Receive the 2024 World Food Prize for Safeguarding Crop Diversity
Des Moines, Iowa — May 9, 2024 — The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that two of the Crop Trust’s foundational figures, Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin and Dr. Cary Fowler, will receive the 2024 World Food Prize for their...
9 May 2024
Life Insurance for Genebanks
Genebanks are generally safe. But they are not invulnerable.
More than a decade ago, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas’ (ICARDA) genebank got caught up in the civil war in Syria, and scientists...
6 May 2024
International Committee Takes on Plan to Develop the Ukrainian Genebank and Secure Its Invaluable Plants and Seeds for the Future
NordGen hosted a meeting with the Ukrainian genebank and several international experts to find a way forward for securing Ukraine's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, which are at risk due to the war. Focus of the...
30 Apr 2024
Mainstreaming Crop Diversity: Dan Saladino Tells the Stories That Really Matter
Twenty years ago, ‘biodiversity’ was a niche term that was mainly used in scientific circles. Now, we – well, some of us – discuss the relative merits of heirloom apples and ancient cereals in supermarket check-out lines. This...
24 Apr 2024
Reuters: Crop Trust Seeks More Funding to Protect Global Seed Diversity
RABAT, April 20 (Reuters) - Crop Trust, which works to preserve crop bio-diversity, needs to more than double its $300 million endowment fund to be able to support seed banks across the world, Executive Director Stefan Schmitz...
20 Apr 2024
ISF World Seed Congress 2024
The Netherlands, a leader in plant breeding, propagation, and seed imports and exports, will gather seed professionals from all over the world for business, trading, exhibition, panel discussions, and plenty of networking opportunities.
16 Apr 2024
27 May 2024 - 29 May 2024
International Lathyrus Day
Honoring the legacy of Fernand Lambein, a distinguished researcher in the field of Lathyrus sativus (grasspea), this event invites academics and professionals, encouraging the convergence of minds to foster connections, share knowledge, and cultivate collaborations across the globe.
16 Apr 2024
3 Jun 2024
Risky Business: Safeguarding Crop Diversity in Genebanks
Ensuring food security and the resilience of agriculture against environmental challenges relies on the preservation and use of crop diversity. Genebanks are the ultimate guardians of this diversity. However, they face a myriad of...
15 Apr 2024
Erna Bennett: A Crop Diversity Maverick
In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we salute the Irish scientist Erna Bennett, whose unheeded calls in the 1960s to halt the rapid decline of crop genetic diversity are echoed in today’s global drive to save plant...
8 Apr 2024