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Call for Action: Secure the Financing of Genebanks to Strengthen Resilient, Productive, Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems
SEVILLE, SPAIN, 03 July 2025 – The UN Conference on Finance for Development in Seville 2025 brings governments, international financial institutions and development actors together at a critical moment. It aims to align financial...
3 Jul 2025
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Artists For Plants and Svalbard Global Seed Vault Launch "Seeds Planting Art" International Call
The 2022 Artists For Plants international call is focused on artworks dedicated to seeds.
23 Jun 2022
Support for National Genebanks Underway
Seeds maintained in genebanks worldwide are the foundation of our future food and nutrition security.
16 Jun 2022
Sir Peter Crane's Reflections on the Last Year
After three years as Chair of the Executive Board of the Crop Trust, Sir Peter Crane is retiring and Catherine Bertini, a World Food Prize Laureate, will assume leadership. In his final letter in the Crop Trust annual report,...
14 Jun 2022
Svalbard Global Seed Vault Seed Collection Continues to Blossom
Two genebanks joined the growing number of depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week and varieties of rice bean, lablab and yard-long bean from an Indigenous community were safely backed up for the first time.
In...
10 Jun 2022
Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit
19,391 seed samples from 11 genebanks will be added Largest deposit will be made by the World Vegetable Center, including seeds from Indigenous communities Spain and Lithuania depositing seeds for first time More than 1.1...
9 Jun 2022
Athlete Michael Haddad Reaches Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Endurance athlete Michael Haddad successfully completed his journey to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Tuesday, delivering a "package of hope" containing seeds and a book by Pope Francis to the world's largest backup facility...
8 Jun 2022
Crop Trust Annual Report Released: A Look Back at a Year of Change
The Crop Trust's 2021 annual report is now available. In his letter, Executive Director Stefan Schmitz reflects on a year of change and some of the key achievements and milestones the organization reached.
Read the full annual...
6 Jun 2022
Endurance Athlete Michael Haddad to Deliver ICARDA Seeds to Svalbard
Endurance Athlete Michael Haddad is on his way to deliver seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault through his Arctic Walk for Climate Resilience and Food Security.
The United Nations Development Program Regional Goodwill...
2 Jun 2022
Accessible Software for Accessible Seeds
As any plant breeder and researcher will tell you, it’s all about the data. It’s the data that allows them to make smart choices about the crops they breed, speeding up the process of getting new varieties into farmers’ fields and...
25 May 2022
"Our Seeds Could Start the Next Green Revolution"
Q&A with Athanasios Tsivelikas, manager of the ICARDA Morocco genebank.
23 May 2022
New ICARDA Morocco Genebank Set to Open
On May 18th, 2022, the new International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Morocco genebank is set to officially open in Rabat, Morocco.
This state-of-the-art facility safely stores one of the world's...
16 May 2022
Cary Fowler Appointed U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security
The Crop Trust is delighted to congratulate its former Executive Director Cary Fowler on his new role as the United State’s Special Envoy for Global Food Security.
This comes amidst heightened awareness about food insecurity...
6 May 2022