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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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Before We Lose Them: Securing the Future of Coffee and Cacao at CATIE
Coffee and chocolate are among the world’s most cherished indulgences. Yet behind every cup and every bar lies a vulnerable biological foundation that millions of livelihoods depend on.
An estimated 125 million people worldwide...
16 Jan 2026
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Five Ways Africa’s Opportunity Crops Can Shape the Future of Food
Africa’s population is set to double by 2050, with cities absorbing most of that growth. At the same time, diets are changing, climate shocks are intensifying and policies still favor a few major crops. Against this backdrop,...
9 Dec 2025
A BOLD Attempt to Adapt Barley to the Most Remote Regions of Tunisia
With temperatures rising and rainfall becoming scarcer in Tunisia, more farmers will turn to drought-tolerant barley to sustain both their households and their herds.
A hailstorm swept across Tunisia’s Kef region and wiped out an...
5 Dec 2025
Quality at the Heart of Crop Diversity Conservation
Every seed in a genebank is on a journey.
The journey starts when the seed is collected in the field, continues through various stages of cleaning and drying, takes a bit of a pause in long-term storage, and eventually continues...
21 Nov 2025
Morocco’s Genebank Steps Up: From Settat to Svalbard
In a wheat field an hour’s drive south of Casablanca, Dr Ali Sahri and his team pose for a photo as the swaying spikes tickle their legs. Behind their smiles lies an awesome responsibility: to safeguard Morocco’s unique crop...
24 Oct 2025
Celebration Meets Urgency at Latest Seed Vault Opening in Svalbard
LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 22 October 2025 – Twenty genebanks representing every continent bar Antarctica deposited more than 21,000 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week. Among them were new contributors from the...
22 Oct 2025
Ecuador’s Model Genebank
Ecuador may be small in size, but it’s big in biodiversity. With landscapes that stretch from the Amazon to the Andes and even include the Galápagos Islands, this South American country is home to many plants and animals found...
20 Oct 2025
New Climate-Resilient Alfalfa Gives Hope to Drought-Stricken Farmers in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan releases its first drought- and heat-tolerant variety of alfalfa, one of the world’s most important feed crops. Developed thanks to wild relatives seeds stored in local and global genebanks, the new variety...
9 Oct 2025
BOLDER’s Citizen Science Approach Unlocks New Opportunities for Underutilized Crops in Benin and Tanzania
During the first few hours of daylight – before the sun gets high and it’s too hot outside – experimental fields at the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) research station in Cotonou, Benin, are buzzing with activity. Solar-powered...
30 Jun 2025
Vietnam Recognizes its First-Ever Rice Variety Derived from Crop Wild Relatives
Plant Breeders Innovate Against Climate Change
Vietnam's agriculture is at a crossroads. Extreme weather events, higher temperatures and unpredictable rainfall are putting pressure on the country’s food supply and disrupting...
20 Jun 2025
Heritage and Health Take Center Stage at the Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit
As genebanks around the world deposit seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week, the focus is on how crop diversity reflects cultural heritage.
LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 3 June 2025 – Fourteen genebanks will deposit...
3 Jun 2025