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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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Crop Diversity Drives Global Security
Conservation of agrobiodiversity bolsters nations’ well-being and resilience to crises.
Our view of national and global security should expand. Certainly, it means protecting against the threat of war, terrorism and espionage...
8 Jul 2025
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#CropsInColor Welcomes the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Food Tank, and the Tastes of Appalachia
The Crop Trust’s global #CropsInColor campaign, with additional support from the Oak Spring Garden, and with Food Tank as an official media partner, has as its next stop: the richly diverse mountains of the southeastern United...
21 Aug 2019
21 Aug 2019
An Endangered Wind-Resilient Bean Enroute to Svalbard
SVALBARD, NORWAY – 16 October 2017 – Seeds of a nearly extinct wild bean, which has evolved a vigorous root system that makes it more resilient to tropical storms, are being deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. On World...
16 Oct 2017
16 Oct 2017
More Than 50,000 Seeds Withdrawn From Seed Vault
SVALBARD, NORWAY – Last week, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) deposited more than 7,500 seed samples for safekeeping in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. At the same time, ICARDA...
13 Sep 2017
13 Sep 2017
Combatting Climate Change, One Seed at a Time
The largest agro-biodiversity collection in the world just got a little larger.
Longyearbyen, Norway -- 18 October 2016: A total of 25 boxes containing over 10,000 new accessions enter the Svalbard Global Seed Vault today....
18 Oct 2016
18 Oct 2016
“Foreign” Crops - From Maize to Mangoes - Dominate National Food Consumption & Farming Practices Worldwide
Nearly 70% of the crops contributing calories, fat, and protein in a country’s diet historically originate elsewhere, new study shows
LONDON - 8 JUNE 2016 — The origins of over two-thirds of the grains, legumes,...
7 Jun 2016
7 Jun 2016
Celebrating the Building Blocks of Life
Crop diversity in focus: a global photography campaign was launched today celebrating the beauty and value of crop diversity around the world.
The campaign, #CropsInColor, will highlight the diversity of food crops and the role...
8 Dec 2015
8 Dec 2015
Andean Potato Varieties Once Lost, Now Safeguarded Forever
Ancient crops preserved for future generations in Arctic seed vault
Potato varieties once thought lost to the Andean people who introduced them to the world safeguarded for future generations
27 August 2015, Svalbard, Norway -...
27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015
Brazil to Play Key Role in Global Food Security
23 March 2015, Brasilia: Landmark meeting with Global Crop Diversity Trust hosted by Embrapa takes place in Brasilia to discuss the key role that Brazil must play in food security.
Key figures from four government ministries will...
23 Mar 2015
23 Mar 2015
A Contribution from Norway
MUSCAT, OMAN — A contribution from Norway today provided USD 23.7 million to conserve and sustainably manage the world’s most important food crops, citing the critical need for crop diversity at a time when populations are soaring...
23 Sep 2013
23 Sep 2013
Coalition to Rescue Indigenous Pacific Island Crops
SYDNEY (22 October 2010)—Hoping to save the vulnerable varieties of bananas painted by the artist Paul Gauguin, rare coconuts, and 1,000 other unique varieties of staple fruit and vegetable crops across the Pacific, crop...
22 Oct 2010
22 Oct 2010
50,000 Petitioners Support Russian Genebank
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (21 September 2010)—A global social media campaign to save Europe’s most important collection of fruits and berries has collected over 50,000 petition signatures worldwide. The campaign is part of a massive...
21 Sep 2010
21 Sep 2010
Arctic Seed Vault Inventory Passes Half-Million
LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (11 March 2010)—Days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard “Doomsday” Global Seed Vault is receiving this week thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million...
11 Mar 2010
11 Mar 2010