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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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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
Is the System of Germplasm Sharing Global Enough Yet?
25 years of international exchange of plant genetic resources: WHY The multilateral system needs a global management
- A Conversation between Luigi Guarino, Michael Halewood and Gea Galluzzi -
The research paper “Twenty five...
17 Sep 2015
17 Sep 2015
Four Things That Keep A Genebank Manager Awake At Night
Dave Ellis, Genebank Manager at CIP in Lima, Peru, shares with our Crop Topics readers his views and concerns regarding the present state and future challenges of plant genetic resources conservation around the world.
We know...
6 Jul 2015
6 Jul 2015
Nature’s Answer to Eggplant Angst
S. Aarayiammal (45) of Irumputhipatty near here, who has been yearning for a good spell of rain, feels so relaxed now thanks to the unseasonal rain in different parts of the district.
Ever since the intermittent rains lashed...
3 Jul 2015
3 Jul 2015
Rich Soil With a Side of Beans
Insects invade neighborhood in Manizales
The large number of flies may be caused by improper usage of fertilizers.
According to the local people in the La Linda neighborhood of Manizales, this is not the first time they have...
20 Feb 2015
20 Feb 2015
Seeds of Time
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food.
Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation...
3 Jan 2015
3 Jan 2015
TED Talks: Cary Fowler
This fantastic TED talk brings people closer to understanding the importance of crop diversity.
Tucked away under the snows of the Arctic...
1 Jul 2009
1 Jul 2009
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