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Colombia Chooses Its Opportunity Crops
In the final hours of the two-day workshop, the discussion really heated up. More than 40 stakeholders from all over Colombia had gathered at the event to select the best opportunity crops to promote out of a long list of 48....
23 Jul 2025
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"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
Introducing the New Rhodes College Fellow
Maya Searle, a senior health equity major from Knoxville, TN, has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler ’71. The fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Steve and Riea...
20 Apr 2022
‘Diversity Trees’ Shed Light on Gaps in Genebank Seed Collections
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2.5 calls on the world to maintain the genetic diversity of food. This includes cultivated plants, domesticated livestock and their related wild species.
The goal’s formal deadline...
13 Apr 2022
The Crop Trust Welcomes Dr. Sarada Krishnan as Director of Programs
The Global Crop Diversity Trust is excited to announce that, after a thorough and competitive recruitment process, Dr. Sarada Krishnan has been selected for the position of Director of Programs.
Dr. Krishnan joins the Crop...
21 Mar 2022
A Cathedral for Crop Diversity
The world’s most cutting-edge genebank opened its doors on Tuesday in a high-profile inauguration ceremony in Palmira, Colombia.
Part of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, an international research-for-development...
15 Mar 2022
Seeing is Believing
Africa is facing the combined challenges of climate change, malnutrition and a rising population. Farmers on the continent urgently need access to crops that are more productive and nutritious, more resilient to unpredictable...
10 Mar 2022
Adaptation Is Key to Survival: The 2022 IPCC Report
By Stefan Schmitz – Executive Director
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is a sobering reminder that the window to securing a livable future is closing rapidly.
As many as 3.6 billion people –...
10 Mar 2022
From a Childhood in the Himalayas to Addressing Global Food Security: Shivali Sharma
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented female scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
Shivali Sharma grew up...
8 Mar 2022
Sefra Alexandra on Listening to the Stories Within Seeds
This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented female scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.
If you have the...
4 Mar 2022
Food For a Curious Mind: Damaris Odeny on a Career in Agricultural Science
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.
Damaris Achieng Odeny...
3 Mar 2022
11 Feb 2022