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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...

LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD, October 23, 2024 - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received yesterday a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks. This...

A 400-year-old university in Bolivia is set to become the latest depositor to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, thanks to support from the Government of Norway, channeled through the Crop Trust.

Founded in 1624, the Universidad...

In this episode of ⁠Crop Chronicles⁠ podcast, we journey to Morocco to explore the fascinating story of ⁠barley⁠—a resilient crop that has sustained civilizations for millennia. Host Conrad introduces us to scientists Anna...

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has introduced a new Released Variety Panel (RVP), a collection of over 130 sequenced rice varieties. This panel is accessible to breeders and researchers for trait discovery and...

In this instalment of our Seed Heroes series, we celebrate the work of Geoffrey Hawtin OBE, a co-recipient of the 2024 World Food Prize, who believes that agricultural biodiversity is a significant part of the solution to the most...

At face value, it’s hard to understand the potential of seeds. Often only a few millimeters in size, their importance may also seem small to the average person. But a keen eye and a clean lens allow Swiss author, landscape...

Sweetpotato plays a crucial role in combating food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa. However, its genetic diversity is under threat from climate change, pests, and diseases, which could have dire consequences for millions of...

Farmers have saved a billion liters of fungicide through disease-resistant wheat varieties, which owe their resilience to genes from wild relatives. However, climate change and evolving pathogens require further research into...