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Paula Bramel: Research Mentor Who Transformed Crop Diversity Institutions
In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we pay tribute to U.S. scientist Paula Bramel, whose research, mentorship and leadership have been instrumental in building organizations and nurturing the next generation of agriculture...
4 Sep 2025
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A COVID-19 Update by Stefan Schmitz
Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director
The values of multilateralism have never been so important
As I write, one third of the world’s population is in “lockdown”. Governments are demanding that their citizens stay at home. New...
8 Apr 2020
8 Apr 2020
Hidden Opportunities in the Unique Produce Panic Shoppers Leave Behind
In the whirlwind of the last several months, the global pandemic COVID-19 has altered the way many of us run our lives as we trade trousers for sweatpants, staff meetings for video conferences guest-starring our pets. And like...
7 Apr 2020
7 Apr 2020
Potatoes for a Changing Climate
Climate change is reducing potato yields in some important production areas due to more drought, heat, and diseases like late blight and bacterial wilt.
Our partners from the International Potato Center (CIP) are working with the...
23 Mar 2020
'Tip of the Iceberg' by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director
In November 2019, it was my honor to accept the position of Executive Director of the Crop Trust. While new to the role, I am already familiar with much of the Crop Trust’s excellent work, not...
23 Mar 2020
23 Mar 2020
Arctic Call to Action on Food Security and Climate Change
25 February 2020 | Svalbard, Norway
Originally posted here.
UN Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres has called for a decade of action and delivery to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. With just 10 years...
4 Mar 2020
4 Mar 2020
The President of Ghana Speaks at the Seed Summit
On 25 February 2020, the largest deposit since the Seed Vault's opening in 2008 (in terms of the number of institutions to send seeds at one time) took place in Svalbard as representative from over 30 different genebanks came to...
4 Mar 2020
4 Mar 2020
The Last Crop Before the Desert
“I’ve never seen barley looking this great before!” El Kbir Safraoui couldn’t hold back his excitement about the crop growing in his fields. And he had seen a lot of barley in his lifetime of farming in central Morocco.
Safraoui...
3 Mar 2020
Orchards, Cold Cider and the Global Strategy for Apple
“Them Crow Eggs, Bellflowers, Staymans, Limbertwigs, they're all sweet little cuties, but there ain't no apple in this world like a Virginia Beauty.” -- Jim Veteto
Jim Veteto strums a self-penned ode on his guitar, a jar of...
7 Jan 2020
7 Jan 2020
The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world
Food of the future was the hot topic at the inaugural Food Forever Solutions Summit earlier this month in Washington, DC. Hosted by Foreign Policy in partnership with the Crop Trust and the Food Forever Initiative, it brought...
23 Dec 2019
23 Dec 2019
Finish Your Saltwater Greens!
Come on, sir; here’s the place: stand still. How fearful
And dizzy ’tis, to cast one’s eyes so low!
The crows and choughs that wing the midway air
Show scarce so gross as beetles: half way down
Hangs one that gathers samphire,...
17 Dec 2019
17 Dec 2019
The Ponte Rotto of Rome
Luigi Guarino | Director of Science
In the end, it proved a bridge too far. Delegates at the eighth session of the Governing Body of the Plant Treaty in Rome last week were not able to agree on a package of measures to enhance the...
22 Nov 2019
22 Nov 2019