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A social anthropologist tells us about her recent experiences amidst a large and global community working towards conserving and using plant genetic resources for food security and adaptation to climate change.

Imagine...

The diversity of most of the world’s major crops is collected, conserved and exchanged in the form of seeds – nature’s unparalleled time capsules of life. Seeds can last a very long time if treated right, but to conserve crop...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

October has proven to be the busiest month of 2015 for us all at the Crop Trust. We have organized events and activities all over the world – from welcoming forage specialists at the Secretariat in...

To whom it may concern,

The Global Crop Diversity Trust (the "Crop Trust") is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified and experienced investment advisory firms interested in providing ongoing advice for its...

Last week Izmir hosted more than 80 of the world’s leading scientists in the field of plant genetic resources. As a meeting of scientists responsible for the safeguarding of crop diversity around the world, the meeting could not...

Marie Haga | Marie's Corner

Let us start this month's 'Corner' with the scientific work and mention the following:

A visit of our staff and to negotiate collecting agreements in Latin America finally came to an end in mid Septemer...

Below is the Crop Trust's report, delivered by Marie Haga, to the participants of the Sixth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty (GB6) held in Rome, Italy, from 5 to 9 October 2015.

Mr. Chair,

Distinguished...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...