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ICRISAT in India Ready for First Shipments to Safety Duplicate Genebank Collections

Genebanks are sometimes caught up in unexpected events. Natural catastrophes, pandemics, wars and other crises can jeopardize their unique genetic holdings at any time.

That’s why it pays to have a backup plan in place.

Safety...

16 Dec 2021

16 Dec 2021

Deadline Extended for Grant Proposals to Safeguard Seeds in Svalbard
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Deadline Extended for Grant Proposals to Safeguard Seeds in Svalbard

As announced recently, the Crop Trust, in coordination with its partners at NordGen, the Norwegian Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Plant Treaty, are launching a competitive grant scheme to support the backing up of crop...

26 Oct 2021

26 Oct 2021

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Announcing Support to Back up Crop Collections in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Because seeds don’t last forever, not even in genebanks, the Crop Trust and partners will help genebanks and other seed collection holders in their efforts to regenerate and back up crop diversity collections in the Svalbard...

4 Oct 2021

4 Oct 2021

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Biodiversity for Food Security: A BOLD Approach

A groundbreaking 10-year project is launching to improve food security and climate resilience globally and support livelihoods, health and wellbeing.  

“Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development,” or BOLD, a...

1 Oct 2021

1 Oct 2021

More than 30,000 Seed Samples from Seven Genebanks Secured in Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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More than 30,000 Seed Samples from Seven Genebanks Secured in Svalbard Global Seed Vault

A total of 85 boxes with thousands of seed samples will be deposited this week in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. This deposit – the biggest since February 2020 – focused on vegetables, particularly tomatoes.

Despite the ongoing...

3 Jun 2021

3 Jun 2021

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Strawberry Seeds Deposited at the First Svalbard Global Seed Vault Opening of 2021

FAO’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables is being recognized all around the globe—including at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Among the first deposits of 2021 were seeds of watermelon, strawberry and pumpkin. The...

18 Feb 2021

18 Feb 2021

A Sweet Deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
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A Sweet Deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opens this week, for the first time in 2021, the seeds of something really sweet will be among those deposited.

A package of 500 Fragaria vesca (woodland or wild strawberry) seeds will be...

15 Feb 2021

15 Feb 2021

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A Year Like No Other

2020 reflections by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director 

 

 

For everyone in the world, 2020 has been a year like no other.

The global pandemic has left no one...

21 Dec 2020

21 Dec 2020

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Crop Trust a Finalist for Food Planet Prize

The Global Crop Diversity Trust is honored to be recognized as a finalist for the 2020 Food Planet Prize, which was established by the Curt Bergfors Foundation in Sweden.

“Our food system is broken, and the planet is ailing,”...

27 Nov 2020

27 Nov 2020

An International Rescue Mission from Syria to Svalbard
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An International Rescue Mission from Syria to Svalbard

When war broke out in Syria in 2011, the future of one of the world’s most important seed collections was put at risk. What followed was an internationally coordinated rescue to ensure the preservation of this priceless heritage. ...

13 Nov 2020

13 Nov 2020

Seed Conservation Continues Despite The Pandemic
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Seed Conservation Continues Despite The Pandemic

Secure Crop Diversity, Secure Food

The global pandemic has not halted efforts to secure agrobiodiversity. Genebanks around the world continue to strive to conserve seeds and germplasm that will form the foundation of the world’s...

4 Nov 2020

4 Nov 2020

Seed Summit Highlights Need for Genetic Diversity
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Seed Summit Highlights Need for Genetic Diversity

A recent summit entitled Genetic diversity for more resilient food systems looked at the urgent need of safeguarding crop diversity due to the impact of climate changes on food production. Representatives of genebanks from around...

21 Jul 2020

21 Jul 2020

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