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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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Collecting Kenya’s Opportunity Crops: Searching for Tomorrow’s Solutions
Dr Peterson Wambugu is looking for seeds. He is on a collecting mission for the national genebank of Kenya, a Crop Trust Power of Diversity Funding Facility activity.
More specifically, he’s on a collecting mission to find finger...
10 Aug 2026
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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
4 Apr 2020
A Carrot Revolution Takes Root in Bangladesh
“Everybody in Bangladesh loves carrots: all social classes, all ages, all religions, all casts,” says M.A. Rahim, a professor at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). Rahim was the first plant breeder in the country to...
1 Sept 2020
1 Sept 2020
Wild Carrot and Stick
Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing climate. As our cultivated carrots are highly sensitive to...
13 Jun 2017