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Saving Sweetpotato Diversity: How Technology is Boosting Food Security in Drought-Affected Africa
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Saving Sweetpotato Diversity: How Technology is Boosting Food Security in Drought-Affected Africa

Sweetpotato plays a crucial role in combating food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa. However, its genetic diversity is under threat from climate change, pests, and diseases, which could have dire consequences for millions of...

2 Oct 2024

The Crop Trust Aims High With 2030 Strategy Plan for Genebanks
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The Crop Trust Aims High With 2030 Strategy Plan for Genebanks

“You’ve got to think about doing big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.”

The words of U.S. futurist writer Alvin Toffler in the 1970s are sometimes cited in business...

9 Nov 2023

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Ensuring Enough Eggplant for Everyone

The Crop Trust facilitated the development of a global strategy to conserve the diversity of eggplant and its wild relatives to help ensure food and nutrition security. 

If there was a contest for the most glamorous vegetable,...

1 Feb 2023

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Crop Trust Annual Report Released: A Look Back at a Year of Change

The Crop Trust's 2021 annual report is now available. In his letter, Executive Director Stefan Schmitz reflects on a year of change and some of the key achievements and milestones the organization reached.  

Read the full annual...

6 Jun 2022

Women in Science: Sefra Alexandra
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Sefra Alexandra on Listening to the Stories Within Seeds

This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented female scientists whose work involves conserving crop diversity.

If you have the...

4 Mar 2022

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