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In this edition, our Seed Heroes series pays tribute to U.S. scientist Jack Harlan. His plant collection expeditions and profound multidisciplinary knowledge helped shape the future of crop diversity conservation and genebanks.

Imagine a library filled with millions of books. Some are decades old, while others are newly published. People can access these books to get information, investigate problems and come up with ideas for solutions to challenges....

This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about the Women’s Committee of UNORCAC in Ecuador, who safeguard crop diversity, promote food sovereignty, and empower their communities through the chakra andina farming system and...

This edition of our Seed Heroes series focuses on the vital role that Åsmund Asdal plays in conserving the diversity of the world’s food crops as coordinator of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about U.S. scientist Dr. Susan McCouch, who developed the first-ever molecular map of rice and accelerated breeding of improved varieties worldwide through innovative technology.

“Alfalfa is what our livelihoods depend on, what our animals eat. It is important for my family now, and it was for former generations – double the value,” says Mauricio Moyo, a smallholder farmer in the Putre region of Chile’s At...

This month, Dr. Ehsan Dulloo joins the ranks of the Crop Trust’s Seed Heroes for his contribution to the development of internationally agreed genebank standards, widely used manuals for seed handling, and biodiversity...

This month, we celebrate the life of Cary Fowler, a key figure in the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and co-recipient of the World Food Prize in 2024 for his dedication to conserving crop diversity in the face of...

In this instalment of our Seed Heroes series, we celebrate the work of Geoffrey Hawtin OBE, a co-recipient of the 2024 World Food Prize, who believes that agricultural biodiversity is a significant part of the solution to the most...