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In the Media

Global Food Crisis is Leaving Millions Hungry, But There are Solutions

Hundreds of millions of people around the world are going hungry as food prices continue to rise as a result of everything from the coronavirus pandemic to India’s extreme heatwave to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Without meaningful...

23 May 2022

Vials of plantlets in genebank
In the Media

Lucy Fisher and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast

Crop Trust Executive Director Stefan Schmitz joins Lucy Fisher and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast to outline why genebanks are so important and what the Crop Trust is doing to support them. Skip ahead to 27 minutes to hear...

22 May 2022

In the Media

Priceless Samples from Ukraine's Seed Bank Destroyed in Bomb Attack

Tens of thousands of seed samples that were part of Ukraine's national seed collection have been destroyed by a Russian bomb attack on the city of Kharkiv, according to a video posted on YouTube on 14 May. The collection was the...

19 May 2022

Opinion

Crop Diversity is the Foundation of Food Sovereignty

On this International Day of Biological Diversity, Ska Mirriam Moteane, a renowned chef from Lesotho, shares her opinion on the importance of crop diversity in overcoming her country’s challenges, and the joy it brings to our...

18 May 2022

Official BOLD Project Launch at Global Citizen Live: Paris
Event

Official BOLD Project Launch at Global Citizen Live: Paris

The Norwegian Minister of International Development Dag Inge Ulstein announces the Crop Trust's new project, BOLD, live on stage in Paris.

16 May 2022

25 Sep 2021

News

New ICARDA Morocco Genebank Set to Open

On May 18th, 2022, the new International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Morocco genebank is set to officially open in Rabat, Morocco.

This state-of-the-art facility safely stores one of the world's...

16 May 2022

Event

International Day of Plant Health

May 12, 2022, marks the inaugural International Day of Plant Health, a day created as part of the legacy of the International Year of Plant Health, which was celebrated from 2020 to 2021.

Without healthy plants, we cannot grow...

12 May 2022

11 May 2022

In vitro production of virus free planting for international distribution at IITA.
Opinion

Thoughts on the Inaugural International Day of Plant Health

I suspect that the well-being of plants is not much on people’s minds these days. Did you know that 2020 was the International Year of Plant Health, for example? We have had other things to worry about, after all. But plants do...

11 May 2022

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