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Iraq and Uruguay Deposit Crop Seeds at Arctic Doomsday Vault
At the last opening of the year, tightly packed seed packets from Iraq and Uruguay join more than 45,000 seed samples of crops from across the globe to be deposited deep inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
A vault built on an...
12 Oct 2022
Two Newcomers Join Svalbard Global Seed Vault for Final Opening of 2022
45,150 seed samples from 13 genebanks added to Seed Vault The Seed Vault passes the 1.2 million seed sample mark with these new deposits Iraq and Uruguay deposit seeds for the first time CIMMYT will be the largest depositor;...
12 Oct 2022
Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives
Two research studies conducted as part of the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project have won awards for excellence after appearing in a special issue of the U.S. journal Crop Science last year.
The bimonthly flagship...
7 Oct 2022
Key Messages from Crop Diversity Day 2022
1. Global crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security, enabling us to adapt agriculture to the climate crisis, improve livelihoods and feed everyone adequately
“Diversity in the gene pools of crops,...
7 Oct 2022
Seeds: ‘Low-hanging Fruit’ for Food Security
The Crop Trust highlighted the role of seeds in providing actionable solutions to the challenges facing the world’s food systems at a curtain-raising event held in Bonn, Germany, on 27 September.
Crop Diversity Day kicked off...
7 Oct 2022
GROW Webinar: CGIAR Breeding - Who Benefits and How to Increase Those Benefits
Presented by Michael Quinn, Director of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform & Accelerated Breeding Initiative Lead
5 Oct 2022
27 Apr 2023
GROW Webinar: What It Takes To Build an Eco-efficient Genebank for the 21st Century
Presented by: Peter Wenzl, Leader, Genetic Resource Program, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Peter is the Leader of the Genetic Resource Program at Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT since 2016. He came...
5 Oct 2022
6 Oct 2022
GROW Webinar: How Can Genebanks Double the Diversity Available for Plant Breeding?
!! Please note the changed date: due to unforeseeable circumstances the GROW webinar is postposed to 8 December !!
Presented by: Nigel Maxted, Professor of Plant Genetic Conservation, University of Birmingham
Nigel Maxted was...
5 Oct 2022
8 Dec 2022
GROW Webinar: Responsive Agriculture – What Do We Want From The Food System?
Presented by Patrick Stover, Director of the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture at Texas A&M AgriLife
5 Oct 2022
23 Feb 2023