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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

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New Drought-tolerant Durum Wheat Variety Proves Its Worth in Morocco

As seed multiplication efforts for the durum wheat variety Jawahir continue, farmers in drought-stricken regions of Morocco get a first taste of its potential.

BONN, GERMANY, 17 June 2025 – “We prefer not to plant. It’s too dry,”...

17 Jun 2025

Heritage and Health Take Center Stage at the Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit
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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

Jack Harlan: Sounding the Alarm on Crop Diversity Loss
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Jack Harlan: Sounding the Alarm on Crop Diversity Loss

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.

19 May 2025

Global leaders and partners gathered in Bonn on May 12-13 for the first Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security meeting, uniting efforts against rising hunger. Photo: Petra Pajdakovic/Crop Trust
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Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security Brings Together International Stakeholders to Address Global Hunger

BONN, GERMANY, May 14, 2025 – On May 12-13, global leaders and experts convened in Bonn, Germany, for the first stakeholder meeting of the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security.

With an estimated 735 million people...

14 May 2025

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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

Inaugural International Svalbard Dialogue: Saving Seeds for the Long Haul
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Inaugural International Svalbard Dialogue: Saving Seeds for the Long Haul

On 25 February 2025, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault received a landmark deposit. Twenty-one genebanks deposited over 14,000 seed samples. Many of the seeds were special. Sorghum and pearl millet from war-torn Sudan. Culturally...

28 Mar 2025

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How Digital Tools Help Us Conserve the World’s Seeds — and Use Them

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....

17 Mar 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

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