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Ukraine, often referred to as one of the world’s main breadbaskets, is home to a wide variety of agricultural plants. But since the escalation of the war in 2022, its national genebank system, which conserves thousands of unique...

The 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), hosted for the first time by Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024, marked a significant step forward in global biodiversity efforts. Leaders, policymakers, scientists, and...

A recent article by The Guardian underscores the important role of national genebanks in supporting farmers to adapt to climate challenges. Focusing on the Genetic Resources Research Institute (GeRRI) in Kenya, the piece explores...

Every year, leaders and influential individuals in global agriculture meet in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, to recognize the winner of the World Food Prize and participate in the Borlaug Dialogue. 

The Borlaug Dialogue brings together...

The world’s seed savers are racing to safeguard the world’s crop diversity in “the world’s doomsday garden shed,” writes Amelia Nierenberg in her The New York Times report of the final 2024 depositor event at the Svalbard Global...

This month, we celebrate the life of Cary Fowler, a key figure in the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and co-recipient of the World Food Prize in 2024 for his dedication to conserving crop diversity in the face of...

As reported by Bloomberg, 23 depositors from 21 countries sent boxes of seeds that contain over 30,000 seed samples for safekeeping at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. This underlines the urgent need to preserve crop...