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Building a Stronger Genebank Network, One Connection at a Time
In a world in which growing food demand is about the only certainty, digital tools are helping genebanks conserve and share the crop diversity that underpins our global food security.
By streamlining operations and connecting...
9 May 2025
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Beyond Thundervault
Luigi Guarino
The God Particle and the Doomsday Vault: I was half expecting the divine connection that could be read into those names to be ecstatically seized upon during the recent media hysteria over the unveiling of the...
28 Sep 2015
28 Sep 2015
The Situation in September
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
Potatoes From Peru
Two weeks ago a delegation of farmers from the Potato Park deposited potato seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Personally I find any seed deposit very touching and I’m humbled...
22 Sep 2015
22 Sep 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
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
G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards
Janny van Beem, Genebank Quality Specialist at the Crop Trust, sums up the results of the first Genebank Operations and Advanced Learning (GOAL) workshop held in Cali, Colombia earlier this year.
“Our ultimate goal as custodians...
20 Aug 2015
20 Aug 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
Letter to the Donors of the CGIAR
To the Donors of the CGIAR
The Global Crop Diversity Trust has been established by the FAO and the CGIAR to secure and make available crop diversity for global food security and nutrition. Since 2012, through the Genebank CRP, the...
10 Jun 2015
10 Jun 2015
Open Letter to the Guardian, by Crop Trust Executive Director
In reference to: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/20/the-doomsday-vault-seeds-save-post-apocalyptic-worl
Dear Sir,
Your recent article on the Svalbard Seed Vault highlights the Crop Trust’s work to ensure the...
23 May 2015
23 May 2015
Picking Up Where We Left Off
Marie Haga | Marie's Corner
Picking up where we left off: my previous post was published from Lima, Peru, during our last Executive Board meeting. I would like to publicly thank our Board members for their time and support....
28 Apr 2015
28 Apr 2015
Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager
Following the recent AfricaRice deposit of 2,400 rice accessions to Svalbard, the Crop Trust sat down with Dr. Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop, Head of Genetic Resources Unit and GRiSP Theme 1 Leader for Africa at AfricaRice, to discuss...
22 Apr 2015
22 Apr 2015
The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA
In a personal account of the event, our Deputy Executive Director Paula Bramel talks about the ceremony, which was held in Berlin on 19 March.
Last month the Gregor Mendel Foundation awarded its Innovation Prize to Mahmoud Sohl,...
4 Apr 2015
4 Apr 2015