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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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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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Crop Trust Joins VACS Implementer's Group to Strengthen Response to Global Hunger and Malnutrition With Opportunity Crops
Texcoco, Mexico, July 11, 2024 – The Crop Trust, a global organization dedicated to the conservation of crop diversity, is proud to announce its membership in the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Implementer's Group. The...
11 Jul 2024
Crop Diversity Meets Climate Policy in Bangkok
Climate and food security policy merged lanes at an international workshop in Bangkok to explore their untapped synergies.
More than 20 participants from Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam attended...
8 Jul 2024
Unlocking Hidden Gems: a BOLD Journey to Resilient and Diverse Crops
What do alfalfa, barley, durum wheat, finger millet, grasspea, potato, and rice have in common? They’re all included in the Crop Trust’s BOLD project, which works to expand their genetic diversity.
3 Jul 2024
Grasspea Innovation Shines in Ghent
In June, the picturesque city of Ghent, Belgium, gathered grasspea fans and experts at the inaugural International Lathyrus Day.
Organized by the Fernand Lambein Fund and sponsored by the Crop Trust, this event honored the...
26 Jun 2024
Keeping Malan Alive in Central Kalimantan
Papa Dewi looked out at fields covered with a kaleidoscope of crops: rice, cowpea, eggplant, maize, and more. “This is our way of life,” said the Dayak farmer from Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan. “This is malan.”
Malan means...
18 Jun 2024
Genebanks From Around the World Stand United as New Seeds are Added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Longyearbyen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 28 May 2024 – The Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes shipments from five new depositors as the world’s largest repository of crop diversity raises the number of samples in its care to...
28 May 2024
Life Insurance for Genebanks
Genebanks are generally safe. But they are not invulnerable.
More than a decade ago, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas’ (ICARDA) genebank got caught up in the civil war in Syria, and scientists...
6 May 2024
International Committee Takes on Plan to Develop the Ukrainian Genebank and Secure Its Invaluable Plants and Seeds for the Future
NordGen hosted a meeting with the Ukrainian genebank and several international experts to find a way forward for securing Ukraine's plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, which are at risk due to the war. Focus of the...
30 Apr 2024
Celebrating the BOLD Women Behind Crop Conservation
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, we highlight the invaluable contributions of women in agriculture in general and agricultural research in particular. In fields, laboratories, and genebanks around the globe,...
7 Mar 2024