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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...

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...

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...

As the world marks World Food Day on 16 October, the Crop Trust’s Power of Diversity Funding Facility highlights the results of national consultations with stakeholders to identify opportunity crops that boost nutrition,...

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...

In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we salute Brazilian scientist Dr Vania Azevedo, who was just tapped to lead CGIAR’s global genebanks. In her previous job, her tireless advocacy for crop diversity helped create...

Pumpkin spice lattes, oat milk cappuccinos, flavored cold brews – coffee trends come and go. But behind every new flavor sensation is something much deeper: the diversity of the coffee plant itself. And that diversity is under...

User Groups Offer Model to Increase Use of Crop Diversity, Study Finds

In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we pay tribute to U.S. scientist Paula Bramel, whose research, mentorship and leadership have been instrumental in building organizations and nurturing the next generation of agriculture...

Partnership ensures farmers and breeders have lasting access to the crop’s diversity.

Bonn, Germany, 29 August 2025 – Over 35 million smallholder rice farmers across Africa stand to benefit from the agreement signed last month...

From ancient Peruvian popcorn to lightning-resistant beech trees, Jonathan Drori has a knack for uncovering the surprising ways plants shape human history and culture. A former BBC filmmaker and trustee of Kew Gardens, Drori is...