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BION Herbsttagung
The Crop Trust's Director of Programs Sarada Krishnan is participating in the BION autumn conference on Thursday, October 20, 2022 where she'll give a lecture on the topic of biodiversity and the Crop Trust's work in conserving...
20 Oct 2022
20 Oct 2022
Is an Arctic Doomsday Vault the Answer to Climate and War-induced Food Insecurity?
A vault built on an Arctic island to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes received new deposits on Wednesday - including for the first time from Iraq and Uruguay.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault...
13 Oct 2022
Countries Facing Food Insecurity to Benefit From a USD 2 Million “Lifeline” for Crop Diversity
As food supplies around the world are threatened by conflict, drought, and climate change, funding is being made available to bolster future food and nutrition security, by saving local varieties.
The Crop Trust is supporting...
13 Oct 2022
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: 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