Resources

Tracing the benefits of ILRI forages to livestock producers in East Africa.

Demand for and use of banana germplasm in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

Assessing public demand for genetic resource conservation in the Czech Republic.

Demand for and use of banana germplasm in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food

Bonn, Germany and Washington, DC (3 DECEMBER 2019)—As the world grapples with the challenge of sustainably...

A Sourcebook: Economics of conserving plant genetic resources in genebanks.

Transferring diversity of goat grass to farmers’ fields through the development of synthetic hexaploid wheat.

The contribution of the International Rice Genebank (IRG) to varietal improvement and crop productivity in Eastern India.

The demand for Bioversity’s banana germplasm in Africa and Asia.

Searching for sources of resistance to taro leaf blight in collections from the Pacific.

Andean Potato Diversity Helps Agricultural Development in Uganda: Victoria and the Contribution of the CIP Genebank.

Tracing the benefits of tree germplasm distributions by ICRAF: Calliandra calothyrsus and Gliricidia sepium.

Dynamic conservation of genetic resources: Rematriating the maize landrace Jala.

The contribution of the CIAT genebank to the development of iron-biofortified bean varieties and well-being of farm households in Rwanda.

Learn about Crop Trust's work, impact and results in our 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statement.

Bonn, Germany (12th November 2019) – The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) announced today the appointment of Dr. Stefan Schmitz as its next Executive Director. Dr. Schmitz will take up his position in early 2020,...

BONN, GERMANY, October 2019 – Once again, global efforts to protect crop diversity can thank the Government of Germany for a much-needed boost. A grant of EUR 10 million from the German Development Bank (KfW) to the Global Crop...

­­21 October 2019, SVALBARD, NORWAY – Having made the trek from Europe and Africa to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, approximately 30,000 seed samples have a new home.

Today, they join nearly one million others in the...

22 August 2019 – It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of our former Executive Board Chair and long-time agrobiodiversity advocate, Tim Fischer AC. Tim passed away on Wednesday night surrounded by family. He...