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Crop Trust at GFFA
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on central issues of vital importance for global agricultural and food policies. It is held in Berlin on an annual basis at the same time as the...
29 Nov 2023
17 Jan 2024 - 20 Jan 2024
Highlights of the 10th Session of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture Governing Body
On the November 22, 2023, delegates to the tenth session of the Governing Body (GB 10) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) considered items related to the contribution of the...
23 Nov 2023
Crop Trust and Plant Treaty pledging more than $100,000 to safeguard crucial genebanks in Laos and Sudan
Rome, Italy, 20 November, 2023: In the face of conflict and extreme weather, the Crop Trust and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty) have pledged more than $100,000 (USD) to...
20 Nov 2023
Crop Trust at COP 28
The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) marks a crucial gathering of global leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges of climate change. Through participation in diverse events, the...
17 Nov 2023
30 Nov 2023 - 12 Dec 2023
Scientists issue rallying cry for greater global cooperation to safeguard seeds for future food and nutrition security
Berlin, Germany, 15 November 2023: Leading experts have issued a rallying cry that greater international cooperation is urgently required to safeguard food security in the wake of global crises.
This call to action from...
15 Nov 2023
Global Crop Diversity Summit 2023
Empowering Seed Banks to Combat the Climate, Biodiversity and Food Crises
14 Nov 2023
14 Nov 2023
Empowering Seed Banks to Combat the Climate, Biodiversity and Food Crises
We must urgently transform our agrifood systems if we are to resolve the linked, overlapping crises that humanity faces. This transformation depends on many of us doing many things differently, but one thing is clear: it cannot...
12 Nov 2023
The Crop Trust Aims High With 2030 Strategy Plan for Genebanks
“You’ve got to think about doing big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”
The words of U.S. futurist writer Alvin Toffler in the 1970s are sometimes cited in business...
9 Nov 2023
The Wonderful World of Sunflowers
Think about sunflowers, and there is a good chance that Vincent van Gogh's masterful artworks will leap to mind. His series of sunflower paintings, created in the late 19th century, are timeless representations of the flower's...
6 Nov 2023