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Syrian War Causes The Global Doomsday Seed Vault's First Withdrawal
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has requested the backup seed that they deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to restart their collection away from the horrors of the Syrian Civil...
23 Sep 2015
23 Sep 2015
The Situation in September
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
Potatoes From Peru
Two weeks ago a delegation of farmers from the Potato Park deposited potato seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Personally I find any seed deposit very touching and I’m humbled...
22 Sep 2015
22 Sep 2015
Is the System of Germplasm Sharing Global Enough Yet?
25 years of international exchange of plant genetic resources: WHY The multilateral system needs a global management
- A Conversation between Luigi Guarino, Michael Halewood and Gea Galluzzi -
The research paper “Twenty five...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015
International Cooperation to Protect our Food Source in the Future
An article by Cary Fowler on food security and the importance of rice published in Korean news in the Chosun Daily on the 7th of September.
Rice is not just Korea’s most important food, it is the world’s most important. And,...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015
Conserving Crop Diversity Essential to Achieve Zero Hunger: Crop Trust Executive Director
The Crop Trust's Executive Director speaks to the Indian Economic Times on the importance on global seed crop diversity and conservation.
MUMBAI: With the twin challenges of population growth and climate change, there is a need...
9 Sep 2015
9 Sep 2015
Andean Potato Varieties Once Lost, Now Safeguarded Forever
Ancient crops preserved for future generations in Arctic seed vault
Potato varieties once thought lost to the Andean people who introduced them to the world safeguarded for future generations
27 August 2015, Svalbard, Norway -...
27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015
G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards
Janny van Beem, Genebank Quality Specialist at the Crop Trust, sums up the results of the first Genebank Operations and Advanced Learning (GOAL) workshop held in Cali, Colombia earlier this year.
“Our ultimate goal as custodians...
20 Aug 2015
20 Aug 2015
Local Solutions to a Global Challenge and How India Can Usher in Zero Hunger
Professor M S Swaminathan, the Father of Green Revolution in India, writes in the New Indian Express in support of the Crop Trust's work.
In a career spanning many years, I have been driven by one overriding passion: to play...
15 Aug 2015
15 Aug 2015
Daily Development: In Crops We Trust
Daily Development explores “global development and the people behind it”. In the following interview, Marie Haga, the Executive Director of the Crop Trust, discusses crop diversity, food security, and how and why we all must...
14 Aug 2015
14 Aug 2015