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Charting a path forward to conserve precious genetic resources for future food options.

Food plants contribute an astonishing array of colors, textures, flavors and, most importantly, vital nutrients to our diets. Yet many fruit...

This World Food Day, the International Potato Center (CIP) announced a new disease-resistant potato developed with the Crop Trust’s support. Called CIP-Matilde, this special spud was developed in collaboration with farmers and...

A new potato named CIP-Matilde was developed by breeders in collaboration with farmers in Peru. It is both tasty and disease-resistant, helping to ensure potatoes remain a staple food that can withstand climate change. The new...

Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop Trust, is the latest...

Because seeds don’t last forever, not even in genebanks, the Crop Trust and partners will help genebanks and other seed collection holders in their efforts to regenerate and back up crop diversity collections in the Svalbard...

A groundbreaking 10-year project is launching to improve food security and climate resilience globally and support livelihoods, health and wellbeing.  

“Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development,” or BOLD, a...

Groundbreaking 10-year, USD 58 million project launches to secure future food security and climate resilience globally

BONN, GERMANY, September 27, 2021— The Crop Trust and the Government of Norway are launching a...

Stefan Schmitz | Crop Trust Executive Director

The upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) could mark a turning point for how we solve some of our most pressing global crises—if we can rise to the occasion.

Six years...

Over the last half-century, genebanks have played an essential role in safeguarding global food security for the future through the conservation of plant genetic resources.

Now, based on a review of historical data from seven...

“You need to see it to believe it,” says Viviana Barahona, agronomist and extensionist at the Chilean Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) in Cauquenes, Chile.

“Picture this: you are standing in a yellow field, a...

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director

As I write this, fires rage in Greece and Turkey, provoked by drought and searing heat waves. During the last couple of months, parts of Canada and the United States have also been hit by deadly...

From July 26 to 28, a wide range of stakeholders from the international community gathered at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit to discuss pathways towards more sustainable food systems.

More than 20,000 participants...