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Australian Grains Genebank leader Dr Sally Norton, Crop Trust executive director Dr Stefan Schmitz, and Crawford Fund director Dr Tony Gregson. Photo: Australian Grains Genebank
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Grain Central: Global Insecurity Means Food Security Paramount - Schmitz

Now is the time to invest in crop conservation and use it to hedge against the uncertainty caused by instability, conflict, malnutrition, and climatic change.

This is the key message of Crop Trust executive director Stefan...

24 Mar 2025

Launch of The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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Launch of The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The launch of the Third Report will take place during a side event at the Twentieth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. At the event, a summary of the key findings will be presented.

24 Mar 2025

24 Mar 2025 - 24 Mar 2025

CGIAR Science Week
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CGIAR Science Week

The inaugural CGIAR Science Week, organized by CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), brings together leading scientists, policymakers, and innovators in agriculture, climate, and health. This event focuses on advancing research, fostering critical partnerships, and securing investment in sustainable food systems. The program highlights the CGIAR Research Portfolio 2025-2030, with plenary and parallel sessions, innovation showcases, and field visits demonstrating transformative solutions in action.

24 Mar 2025

7 Apr 2025 - 12 Apr 2025

In the Media

Nature Africa: Baobab and Acacia Trees Among Latest African Deposit in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of northern Norway.

Established by the...

19 Mar 2025

Giving Crops an Opportunity: Crop Trust Launches the Power of Diversity Funding Facility
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Giving Crops an Opportunity: Crop Trust Launches the Power of Diversity Funding Facility

Bonn, Germany, 19 March 2025 – In line with its mission to ensure the long-term conservation and availability of all crop diversity, the Crop Trust has launched the Power of Diversity Funding Facility (PDFF). This transformative...

19 Mar 2025

man looking at an ipad screen that shows a map of seed accessions
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How Digital Tools Help Us Conserve the World’s Seeds — and Use Them

Imagine a library filled with millions of books. Some are decades old, while others are newly published. People can access these books to get information, investigate problems and come up with ideas for solutions to challenges....

17 Mar 2025

Sudan’s National Genebank Begins Rebuilding as Famine Threatens
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Sudan’s National Genebank Begins Rebuilding as Famine Threatens

Staff count the cost of armed conflict and step up efforts to conserve Sudan’s unique collection of sorghum and other crops.

Almost two years after Sudan’s civil war broke out, the northeast African nation is experiencing one of...

13 Mar 2025

The Women’s Committee of Cotacachi: Guardians of the Chakras
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The Women’s Committee of Cotacachi: Guardians of the Chakras

This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about the Women’s Committee of UNORCAC in Ecuador, who safeguard crop diversity, promote food sovereignty, and empower their communities through the chakra andina farming system and...

7 Mar 2025

Svalbard global seed vault
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Daily Mail Online: Inside the Doomsday Vault: Rare footage provides a glimpse inside secretive bunker in the Arctic - as more than 14,000 new samples are added

The idea of a doomsday vault hidden on a remote Arctic island might sound like something from the latest James Bond movie. 

But the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is very much real - and could one day save Earth from disaster. 

Loca...

3 Mar 2025

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