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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
Five Standout Messages from “Into the Wild” at GLF Climate
Over the past decade, withering heat waves, immense storms and extreme droughts have threatened the production of food crops around the world, offering a glimpse of the devastation that can be caused by the changing climate.
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23 Nov 2021
23 Nov 2021
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
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
Crop Trust Finance Director Janet Muir on Sustainable Finance Solutions at GLF Climate
The Crop Trust's Director of Finance, Janet Muir, delivered a keynote speech at the 5th Investment Case symposium of the 2021 Global Landscape Forum Climate Conference "Food, Forests, Finance" about innovative and sustainable...
9 Nov 2021
9 Nov 2021
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
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
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
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








