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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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Encouraging Curiosity: Jonathan Drori and The Stuff that Stuff is Made Of
From ancient Peruvian popcorn to lightning-resistant beech trees, Jonathan Drori has a knack for uncovering the surprising ways plants shape human history and culture. A former BBC filmmaker and trustee of Kew Gardens, Drori is...
26 Aug 2025
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Colombia Chooses Its Opportunity Crops
In the final hours of the two-day workshop, the discussion really heated up. More than 40 stakeholders from all over Colombia had gathered at the event to select the best opportunity crops to promote out of a long list of 48....
23 Jul 2025
Crop Diversity Drives Global Security
Conservation of agrobiodiversity bolsters nations’ well-being and resilience to crises.
Our view of national and global security should expand. Certainly, it means protecting against the threat of war, terrorism and espionage...
8 Jul 2025
The Seeds That Feed Us And the Future They Hold
World Environment Day is a powerful reminder that conserving biodiversity is essential not just for the health of our planet, but also for something closer to home – our food. The resilience of our food systems, the nutrition in...
5 Jun 2025
The Wow Potatoes of Kenya: Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds
Fighting Late Blight with Farmer-Approved, Disease-Resistant Spuds
30 May 2025
Ugandan Farmers Teach Scientists to Rethink Seed Systems
Training Course in Uganda Taps Community Knowledge of Seed Systems
26 May 2025
Bonn University Botanic Gardens Showcase the Value of Conservation
Botanical gardens bring us together. They are peaceful places in busy urban areas where people can meet, relax, connect with nature, and learn something. But they also bring lots of different plants together, and thus play a vital...
22 May 2025
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
Seeds and Storms: Safeguarding the Philippines’ Crop Diversity Against Climate Change
Every year, the Philippines braces for an average of 20 typhoons. And every year, the scientists at the National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory (NPGRL) in Los Baños do a lot of worrying. The next storm could erase decades of...
17 Apr 2025
From 100 to Four: Favorites in Focus for BOLDER Opportunity Crops
BOLDER Project Stakeholders Meet to Identify 15 Underutilized Species for Conservation and Use
Over 250 farmers, genebank experts, government representatives, and private-sector partners gathered in Benin, Ghana, Tanzania and...
14 Apr 2025
Seeding Security: The Urgency of Resilient Agriculture in a Destabilized World
Every year, security experts and thought leaders from around the world gather in Munich to discuss the world's security policy challenges. The Crop Trust was invited to the 2025 Munich Security Conference to highlight how crop...
7 Apr 2025
It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time
2 April 2025 - Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Happy Goober Pea Butter and Jelly Day! Hmmm, doesn’t sound right … Maybe it’s Monkey Nuts and Jelly Day? Oil Nuts and Jelly?
Whatever you call it, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is...
2 Apr 2025
Giving Crops an Opportunity: Crop Trust Launches the Power of Diversity Funding Facility
Bonn, Germany, 19 March 2025 – In line with its mission to ensure the long-term conservation and availability of all crop diversity, the Crop Trust has launched the Power of Diversity Funding Facility (PDFF). This transformative...
19 Mar 2025