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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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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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Swiss-Flavoured Food Forever Experience Puts Crop Diversity in the Spotlight at the World Economic Forum 2025
Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2025 – The World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting in Davos was the venue of the first Food Forever Experience of the year, underscoring the importance of the conservation and use of crop diversity for...
23 Jan 2025
Dryland Crops in Africa and Asia Get a Boost From Crop Trust and Germany
Agriculture in drought-prone regions took a major step forward when the Crop Trust and Germany’s federal government provided much-needed support for an international agricultural research institute focused on the drylands of...
7 Jan 2025
Alta Sierra Alfalfa Gives High Hopes to Farmers in the Atacama Desert and Beyond
“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...
27 Nov 2024
Ehsan Dulloo: Mauritian Champion of Biodiversity Who Set Standards for Genebanks
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...
21 Nov 2024
Ukraine Adopts Strategy to Save Crop Diversity
Ukraine, often referred to as one of the world’s main breadbaskets, is home to a wide variety of agricultural plants. But since the escalation of the war in 2022, its national genebank system, which conserves thousands of unique...
14 Nov 2024
COP16 Recap: New Fund, Indigenous Rights and Colombia’s Treaty Step
The 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), hosted for the first time by Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024, marked a significant step forward in global biodiversity efforts. Leaders, policymakers, scientists, and...
8 Nov 2024
Crop Trust at the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue
Every year, leaders and influential individuals in global agriculture meet in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, to recognize the winner of the World Food Prize and participate in the Borlaug Dialogue.
The Borlaug Dialogue brings together...
29 Oct 2024
Cary Fowler: Crop Diversity Visionary and World Food Prize Laureate
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...
28 Oct 2024
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
Geoffrey Hawtin: Crop Diversity Pioneer Who Won the World Food Prize
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...
7 Oct 2024
Showcasing Seeds: The Aesthetic of Diversity
At face value, it’s hard to understand the potential of seeds. Often only a few millimeters in size, their importance may also seem small to the average person. But a keen eye and a clean lens allow Swiss author, landscape...
4 Oct 2024