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A BOLD Attempt to Adapt Barley to the Most Remote Regions of Tunisia

With temperatures rising and rainfall becoming scarcer in Tunisia, more farmers will turn to drought-tolerant barley to sustain both their households and their herds.

A hailstorm swept across Tunisia’s Kef region and wiped out an...

5 Dec 2025

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El País: The secret journey of one of Ukraine’s treasures: Its seed bank

Scientists and technicians complete the objective of protecting seeds threatened by the war in a cold storage facility at an undisclosed location in the west of the country. The material may one day play a fundamental role in food...

3 Dec 2025

International Partners Launch Immersive Exhibition at GB-11 in Peru
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International Partners Launch Immersive Exhibition at GB-11 in Peru

The exhibition, “An Immersive Journey of Seeds: The Infinite Loop and Seeds of Peru,” opened alongside the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Plant Treaty (GB-11).

“As climate pressures and biodiversity...

27 Nov 2025

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Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants Launches in Lima to Safeguard Edible Biodiversity

Global leaders in food security, biodiversity conservation, and gastronomy innovation gathered in Lima to launch the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants (GCCFP) ahead of the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body...

25 Nov 2025

11th Session of the Governing Body
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11th Session of the Governing Body

Fostering Biodiversity and Food Security: Preserving Heritage, Cultivating a Shared Future.

24 Nov 2025

24 Nov 2025 - 29 Nov 2025

A highlight of Crop Diversity Day 2025 was the first deposit into CIP’s new cryopreservation facility – the Cryo Vault – the first of its kind in South America. Photo: Andres Carvajal/IISD Earth Negotiation Bulletin
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Together for the Future of Food: Crop Diversity Day 2025

On 21 November, experts and leaders from all over the world gathered in Lima, Peru, for Crop Diversity Day 2025. This milestone event, co-hosted by the Crop Trust, the Plant Treaty Secretariat and the International Potato Centre...

24 Nov 2025

Devex: Why crop diversity is key for the future of food
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Devex: Why crop diversity is key for the future of food

Amid huge challenges for global food security, one crucial topic will be debated this month in Lima: How do we adapt our crops and seeds for an uncertain future?

The stakes could not be higher for the billions of human beings who...

21 Nov 2025

Crop Diversity Day Lima 2025
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Crop Diversity Day Lima 2025

Preserving for Tomorrow: Innovative Solutions to Strengthen the Global Genebank System

21 Nov 2025

21 Nov 2025

Genebanks, the living libraries of crop diversity, benefit from following a Quality Management System, or QMS. This ensures that nothing goes wrong in the journey of a seed into, around, and out of the genebank. In this image, staff of the Genetics, Biotechnology and Seed Science (GBioS) unit at the University d’Abomey-Calavi in Benin inspects seeds conserved in a freezer. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust
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Quality at the Heart of Crop Diversity Conservation

Every seed in a genebank is on a journey. 

The journey starts when the seed is collected in the field, continues through various stages of cleaning and drying, takes a bit of a pause in long-term storage, and eventually continues...

21 Nov 2025

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