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This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented women scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.

Melinda Smale was...

All of us at the Crop Trust are deeply saddened by the sudden death of our Executive Board Member Barbara Wells.

Barbara was CGIAR’s Global Director of Genetic Innovation and Director General of the International Potato Center...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors for the first seed deposit of 2022 this week.

10 genebanks from around the world deposited 39 boxes containing 20,443 seed samples, bringing the Seed Vault’s total seed count to...

This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented women scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.

More women are pursuing...

The world’s farmers urgently need new crop varieties that are resilient to such results of climate change as droughts and outbreaks of new pests and diseases.

A team led by Jaime Prohens at the Universitat Politècnica de València...

As a young boy growing up in Niger, Hamidou Falalou fell in love with the search for answers and knew he wanted to become a scientist. When, later, he saw climate change threatening local food security, he decided to dedicate his...

All genebanks need sound data management to keep track of the inventories of seeds in their cold rooms and fields, and of all their interlinked processes.

For a long time, the CGIAR genebanks have taken their own unique...

BONN, Germany (30 Dec 2021) – At the beginning of 2022, World Food Prize Laureate Catherine Bertini will assume leadership of the executive board of the Crop Trust from Sir Peter Crane, FRS, who is now retiring.

“I am delighted...

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...

At the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference earlier this month, global leaders discussed how to best strengthen the world's ability to adapt to increasing climate change impacts. A parallel session at the Global Landscapes Forum...

Over the past decade, withering heat waves, immense storms and extreme droughts have threatened the production of food crops around the world, offering a glimpse of the devastation that can be caused by the changing climate.

Thro...

The Crop Trust's Executive Director, Stefan Schmitz, delivered a keynote speech at the 2021 Global Landscape Forum Climate Conference "Food, Forests, Finance" about the importance of crop diversity to food security.

Watch the...