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Keeping Malan Alive in Central Kalimantan
Papa Dewi looked out at fields covered with a kaleidoscope of crops: rice, cowpea, eggplant, maize, and more. “This is our way of life,” said the Dayak farmer from Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan. “This is malan.”
Malan means...
18 Jun 2024
The Africa Report: Safeguarding Africa’s Diverse Food Crop Seed Collections Against Climate Threats
Plant scientists from across Africa and around the world deposited seeds of their most important produce in the Arctic’s Svalbard Global Seed Vault in late May in a bid to protect global food security.
An African eggplant with...
12 Jun 2024
BOLD Policy Workshop
Policy training and national planning for agrobiodiversity and climate resilience
12 Jun 2024
19 Jun 2024 - 21 Jun 2024
Devex: How Genebanks Act as Guardians Against Climate Uncertainty
Biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity are daunting, interconnected challenges that can seem insurmountable. As record-breaking temperatures persist and climate change escalates, the myriad solutions proposed often...
11 Jun 2024
His Majesty King Charles III Continues Patronage of Crop Trust
June 3, 2024 – Bonn, Germany – The Crop Trust is delighted that, following a review of the patronages of the late Queen and the former Prince of Wales, His Majesty King Charles III has decided to continue to be its Patron....
3 Jun 2024
The One That Makes the Daughter-In-Law Cry and Other Potato Recipes From the Women of the Potato Park
Is there a food that’s more emblematic of Peru than the potato? Long, round, bumpy, yellow, purple, red. Every imaginable shape and color is on the menu. And the women there know how to prepare them.
I have been in Peru doing...
30 May 2024
Crop Chronicles Podcast: From Peru to Kenya - The Potato's Journey of Resilience
In our first episode of the Crop Chronicles podcast, we explore the potato's incredible journey from its origins in Peru to its crucial role in Kenya. Discover the history of this crop, from ancient Andean civilizations to its...
28 May 2024
Genebanks From Around the World Stand United as New Seeds are Added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 28 May 2024 – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes shipments from five new depositors as the world’s largest repository of crop diversity raises the number of samples in its care to...
28 May 2024








