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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
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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

Sudan’s National Genebank Begins Rebuilding as Famine Threatens
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Sudan’s National Genebank Begins Rebuilding as Famine Threatens

Staff count the cost of armed conflict and step up efforts to conserve Sudan’s unique collection of sorghum and other crops.

Almost two years after Sudan’s civil war broke out, the northeast African nation is experiencing one of...

13 Mar 2025

The Women’s Committee of Cotacachi: Guardians of the Chakras
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The Women’s Committee of Cotacachi: Guardians of the Chakras

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...

7 Mar 2025

Zimbabwe’s Crop Diversity Secured in Svalbard
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Zimbabwe’s Crop Diversity Secured in Svalbard

Sofia ran her hand through a bowl of traditional rice seeds from some nearby farms. “Where should I place this?” she asked her fellow members of the Chimukoko Community Seed Bank. The farmers were identifying and sorting popular...

24 Feb 2025

Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard
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Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard

There’s a sweetpotato variety in Papua New Guinea called “Gimane.” But farmers prefer to call it “I don’t care.” Gimane earned this name because it doesn’t care – it grows well with almost no inputs, making it a hassle-free crop....

19 Feb 2025

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Safeguarding Indonesian Crop Diversity: A Q&A with Standy Christianto

The Borneo Institute Foundation (BIT) was founded in 2007 to support the independence and culture of Indonesia’s Dayak community. Based in Central Kalimantan, a region rich in biodiversity, BIT works with farmers in the Manuhing...

12 Feb 2025

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Historic Deposit Bolsters Food Security Amid Crises

LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD, October 23, 2024 - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault received yesterday a deposit of more than 30,000 new seed samples from 23 depositors across 21 countries, including seven international genebanks. This...

23 Oct 2024

400-Year-Old Bolivian Newcomer Ships Seeds to Svalbard
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400-Year-Old Bolivian Newcomer Ships Seeds to Svalbard

A 400-year-old university in Bolivia is set to become the latest depositor to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, thanks to support from the Government of Norway, channeled through the Crop Trust.

Founded in 1624, the Universidad...

21 Oct 2024

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