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The Crop Trust is proud to see the success of the Sweetpotato Project celebrated by the Darwin Initiative. The story highlights how farmers in Madagascar are now harvesting bigger, healthier sweetpotatoes thanks to clean planting...

Genebanks and global cooperation deliver versatile, climate-resilient solutions for farmers

Lima, Peru (06 November 2025) – The same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine nearly two centuries ago still devastates potato...

In the latest episode of the Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast, Dr Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust, joins host Kat Morgan for a wide-ranging conversation recorded during Climate Week NYC 2025. Together, they...

As the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) marks its 25th anniversary, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is sharing its remarkable story with the world – and inspiring a new wave of awareness about the power of seeds.

Kew’s new podcast, Une...

In a wheat field an hour’s drive south of Casablanca, Dr Ali Sahri and his team pose for a photo as the swaying spikes tickle their legs. Behind their smiles lies an awesome responsibility: to safeguard Morocco’s unique crop...

LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 22 October 2025 – Twenty genebanks representing every continent bar Antarctica deposited more than 21,000 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week. Among them were new contributors from the...