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Recent Washington Post article, titled "Why the world is storing so many seeds in a ‘doomsday’ vault" sheds some light on why conserving seeds is so critically important not only in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault but in genebanks...

A recent report in Yale Environment 360, titled "Climate Change Adds Urgency To Push to Save World’s Seeds" says that the world’s genebanks may hold the key to growing food under increasingly harsh conditions like...

At the Crop Trust's Pledging Conference in Washington, D.C., the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations gave the keynote address. Read the speech below.

State Secretary Skogen,

State Secretary Silberhorn,

Chair of Crop...

Below is Marie's address to the participants of the Crop Trust's Pledging Conference held on 15 April 2016.

Honorable Chairs,

Mr Deputy Secretary General,

Excellencies,

Ladies and gentlemen,

On behalf of the Crop Trust, it...

Kyodo News published an opinion piece by the Crop Trust's Executive Director, Marie Haga, on the 13th of April, highlighting the importance of indigenous crop types and crop diversity conservation in preserving Japan's unique food...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

Dear Executive Board Members and Observers,

The highlights of the month of March were the finalization of the CGIAR Genebank Platform proposal (2017 – 2022), the finalization of the report on phase 2...

The University of Okayama in Japan and Seed Savers Exchange in the United States recently deposited samples of some of the world's most celebrated crops including barley, carrot, tomato, and other vegetables into the Svalbard...

Recent BBC article, titled "Go Wild to Protect Food Security" says that the answers to future food security may be found in the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops and highlights the urgent need to "go wild" and conserve...

A new study has shown that over 70 percent of the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops are under-represented in genebanks. 

The study, “Global Conservation Priorities for Crop Wild Relatives“, published in Nature Plants,...