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Seed Banks: A Last Line of Defense Against the Erosion of Agricultural Biodiversity
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Invitation to a press briefing with Dr. Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust on March 13, 2024 at 6 pm in the Auditorium of the Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich,...
11 Mar 2024
Cosmos of Endangered Crops
Livestream and on-site event. Dr. Stefan Schmitz gives a lecture on agricultural biodiversity and the urgent need to preserve it.
7 Mar 2024
13 Mar 2024 - 13 Mar 2024
Celebrating the BOLD Women Behind Crop Conservation
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, we highlight the invaluable contributions of women in agriculture in general and agricultural research in particular. In fields, laboratories, and genebanks around the globe,...
7 Mar 2024
Reuters: Svalbard’s doomsday vault gets record batch of global crop seeds
Terje Solsvik reports on the recent deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault for Reuters:
A frozen Arctic vault built to preserve global agricultural crops from extinction received seeds on Tuesday from the largest number of new...
28 Feb 2024
A Date with the Future: Crop Trust and KIADPAI Join Forces to Protect Iconic Fruit
During the Winners' Honoring Ceremony of the 16th session of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation (KIADPAI), just held in Abu Dhabi, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) and KIADPAI...
28 Feb 2024
Svalbard Seed Vault Welcomes Baobab, Hairy Eggplant and African Rice
Longyearbyen, Norway - February 27, 2024 - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a cornerstone of global food security, will open its doors for the first time this year to welcome 23 depositors, half from Africa.
Nine depositors –...
27 Feb 2024
GROW Webinar – Imaging solutions for Seed Banks: Characterization of Accessions During Regeneration
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024 15:00 - 16:00 CET
20 Feb 2024
19 Nov 2024 - 19 Nov 2024
GROW Webinar - Making ex situ plant conservation more effective: Conserving genetic diversity using DNA as well as simple, affordable proxy metrics.
Sean Hoban is a Tree Conservation Biologist at The Morton Arboretum in Chicago USA. Sean also has a leading role in the IUCN SSC Conservation Genetic Specialist Group, GEO BON, and the Coalition for Conservation Genetics. He has a...
20 Feb 2024
29 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024