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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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Seed Systems: The Hidden Networks Behind the Food on our Plates
What is your favorite taco? The diversity of different ingredients to make a tasty taco makes it a difficult decision. That diversity begins long before maize is harvested for tortillas or beans are harvested for filling. It...
7 Jul 2026
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Urgent Action Needed as Farmer Varieties Disappear from Use
A team of genebank specialists recently reviewed national crop genebanks in Uganda and Tanzania as part of the Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project.
7 Feb 2023
Farmers in Mali Go Wild for Sorghum
Moïse Mounkoro held three cards in his hand – one red, one yellow and one white. He felt like he was the football umpire in his local village of Sokoro in east central Mali.
He pulled out a red card, not to eject a player from...
30 Jan 2023
Kenyan Farmers Welcome “Exotic” Sorghum
ICSWC 14RS 00020-3-47-1:201704 may be a mouthful, but to Kenyan farmers it could spell food security and better livelihood.
24 Jan 2023
A Treasure Trove of Crop Diversity, for Pakistan and the World
A team of genebank experts visited the Bio-resources Conservation Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, in June 2022 as part of the Crop Trust's BOLD (Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development) Project. The review they...
10 Jan 2023
Yemen Genebank Receives Emergency Funding
The National Genetic Resources Center (NGRC) in Yemen is the first genebank to receive funds from the new Emergency Reserve for genebanks facing urgent threats to their precious collections of crop diversity.
The Emergency...
9 Dec 2022
Three Key Takeaways from Food Forever: Climate-proofing our Food For Future Generations
Crop diversity – without which we cannot adapt to the climate crisis, improve livelihoods and feed everyone adequately – was highlighted at the recent Global Landscapes Forum’s (GLF) Climate event. What can we do to protect it?
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6 Dec 2022
Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives
Two research studies conducted as part of the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project have won awards for excellence after appearing in a special issue of the U.S. journal Crop Science last year.
The bimonthly flagship...
7 Oct 2022
United States Contributes to Fund To Protect Collections of Crop Diversity Under Imminent Threat
NEW DELHI, India (28 September 2022) – The Government of the United States of America has announced it is making a contribution to the Emergency Reserve, a funding mechanism established jointly by the Crop Trust and the ...
28 Sept 2022
Sarada Krishnan, the Crop Trust’s new Director of Programs, talks about BOLD
Sarada Krishnan joined the Crop Trust as Director of Programs at the beginning of July 2022. Prior to joining the Crop Trust, Sarada was Director of Horticulture at the Denver Botanic Gardens in the USA.
In August 2022, she...
8 Sept 2022
Climate Proofing the Carrot: Where Flavor Meets Stress Tolerance
Carrots are tasty, versatile, and – while your tomatoes and cauliflowers go all squishy – easy to store for a long time. Most importantly, carrots are packed with micronutrients, especially the precursor of vitamin A.
But carrots...
30 Aug 2022
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Pigeonpea: Food for Drought
Drought is a terrifying prospect for all farmers, and a matter of life and death for many. A nutritious legume that can produce harvests with just 65 cm of rain a year, pigeonpea protects lives from the ground up.
The Horn of...
17 Aug 2022
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