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Five Key Messages from "It Starts with a Seed" at GLF Climate

At the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference earlier this month, global leaders discussed how to best strengthen the world's ability to adapt to increasing climate change impacts. A parallel session at the Global Landscapes Forum...

29 Nov 2021

29 Nov 2021

Members of the Technical Working Group constituted by the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) for the use and management of germplasm for improved crop production, during their inaugural meeting at NACGRAB office, Ibadan. Photo: Nigerian Tribune.
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NACGRAB and Crop Trust Move to Boost Use, Management of Germplasm Collections for Crops Production

THE National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), in collaboration with Global Crop Diversity Trust, have begun move to improve the use and management of germplasm collections through multi-stakeholder...

16 Nov 2021

Crop Trust Executive Director Stefan Schmitz at GLF Climate: We Depend on Seeds for Survival
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Crop Trust Executive Director Stefan Schmitz at GLF Climate: We Depend on Seeds for Survival

The Crop Trust's Executive Director, Stefan Schmitz, delivered a keynote speech at the 2021 Global Landscape Forum Climate Conference "Food, Forests, Finance" about the importance of crop diversity to food security.

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11 Nov 2021

11 Nov 2021

Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim at GLF Climate 2021
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Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim at GLF Climate 2021

Listen to Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim's keynote speech at GLF Climate, where she discusses the Crop Trust's BOLD Project and the Emergency Reserve for Genebanks.

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6 Nov 2021

6 Nov 2021

Drought resistance rice sampling at the International Rice Research Institute IRRI in the Philippines. Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images.
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Genebanks Secured from Threats: a Big Step Forward for Biodiversity

Emergency Reserve to provide a financial lifeline to genebanks is announced by the Crop Trust and the Plant Treaty Secretariat.

6 Nov 2021

Crop Trust and the Plant Treaty Launch Lifeline for Genebanks to Secure the Future of Crop Diversity
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Crop Trust and the Plant Treaty Launch Lifeline for Genebanks to Secure the Future of Crop Diversity

Climate change, the global pandemic, pest and pathogen outbreaks, and political instability are posing ever-increasing threats to genebanks around the world In response, the Crop Trust and the Secretariat of the International...

6 Nov 2021

6 Nov 2021

Bags of rice at Vietnam market
Opinion

Giving Diversity a Chance

We at the Global Crop Diversity Trust work to make sure that food has a future. So, imagine our excitement when we found that a recent edition of The Economist included a Technology Quarterly—and indeed an accompanying leader— on…...

29 Oct 2021

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