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From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.
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Building a Stronger Genebank Network, One Connection at a Time
In a world in which growing food demand is about the only certainty, digital tools are helping genebanks conserve and share the crop diversity that underpins our global food security.
By streamlining operations and connecting...
9 May 2025
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Nuts About Peanuts
The peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), also known as groundnut, is native to South America but is now grown throughout the tropics and subtropics. There, this delicious legume is a subsistence crop for many, as well as an important...
16 Feb 2023
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Strawberries Show Love is True
This Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating the importance of crop diversity with a series of cards you can print and give to your loved ones. Scroll to the bottom of this post to download them.
14 Feb 2023
10 Feb 2022
Beyond Hummus
To some, chickpeas are synonymous with hummus. But that’s a pretty limited view of a crop that is the second most eaten pulse in the world.
Chana dal, Burmese tofu, farinata di ceci, chana masala, chakhchoukha, guasanas. They’re...
10 Feb 2023
Urgent Action Needed as Farmer Varieties Disappear from Use
A team of genebank specialists recently reviewed national crop genebanks in Uganda and Tanzania as part of the Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project.
7 Feb 2023
Ensuring Enough Eggplant for Everyone
The Crop Trust facilitated the development of a global strategy to conserve the diversity of eggplant and its wild relatives to help ensure food and nutrition security.
If there was a contest for the most glamorous vegetable,...
1 Feb 2023
Farmers in Mali Go Wild for Sorghum
Moïse Mounkoro held three cards in his hand – one red, one yellow and one white. He felt like he was the football umpire in his local village of Sokoro in east central Mali.
He pulled out a red card, not to eject a player from...
30 Jan 2023
Kenyan Farmers Welcome “Exotic” Sorghum
ICSWC 14RS 00020-3-47-1:201704 may be a mouthful, but to Kenyan farmers it could spell food security and better livelihood.
24 Jan 2023
Protecting Vanilla, One of Our Favorite Flavors
Baking enthusiasts everywhere love to talk about vanilla—what type they like, how they use it, and of course, its delicious flavor and aroma.
But the “real” vanilla is under threat.
Vanilla pods are the fruit of orchids in the ...
18 Jan 2023
20 Dec 2021
Forages: Key to Climate-resilient Livestock Systems
More than a billion smallholders depend on their livestock for food and livelihoods, and their livestock depend on a year-round supply of nutritious food.
Increasing demand for cheap meat and milk is widely blamed for driving...
13 Jan 2023
A Treasure Trove of Crop Diversity, for Pakistan and the World
A team of genebank experts visited the Bio-resources Conservation Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, in June 2022 as part of the Crop Trust's BOLD (Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development) Project. The review they...
10 Jan 2023
