Crop Wild Relatives Photos
From 2011 to 2021, the Crop Wild Relatives Project brought together institutions, researchers, plant breeders, farmers and industry to collect, conserve and use the wild relatives of priority crops to help future-proof the world’s...
6 May 2022
Wild Plants from Four Continents Deliver Climate Change Lifeline for Crops
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...
2 Dec 2019
2 Dec 2019
Crop Wild Relatives Rescue Mission Taking Root
1 November 2016: Canberra, Australia -- As scientists from grains genebanks across 18 countries converge in Australia to discuss protecting the future of our worldwide food crops, the focus of Australian and international efforts...
1 Nov 2016
1 Nov 2016
Expanded Crop Genebank Opens in Lebanon
29 September 2016 -- Terbol, Lebanon
These global drylands crop and forage genetic resources and the world’s largest collection of crop wild relatives are public goods, freely available to strengthen food security and fight...
29 Sep 2016
29 Sep 2016
Paving Way to Double Endowment
Global conference to support food security
Governments and private sector organizations met in Washington DC today to make a joint commitment to combat world hunger by safeguarding crop diversity, a prerequisite for global food...
15 Apr 2016
15 Apr 2016
Crop Wild Relative's Gap Analysis
Over 70% of essential crop wild relative species in urgent need of collection, says new research - a first of its kind, global mapping project reveals gaps in wild crop genetic diversity for agriculture to adapt to future climate...
21 Mar 2016
21 Mar 2016
One-Day Symposium at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank
The Role of Crop Diversity and Food Resilience in a Changing Climate
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG, Kew) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) will be jointly organising a one-day symposium on November 23...
23 Nov 2015
23 Nov 2015
Brazil to Play Key Role in Global Food Security
23 March 2015, Brasilia: Landmark meeting with Global Crop Diversity Trust hosted by Embrapa takes place in Brasilia to discuss the key role that Brazil must play in food security.
Key figures from four government ministries will...
23 Mar 2015
23 Mar 2015
New Appointment to Crop Trust Board
The Global Crop Diversity Trust, an international body seeking to guarantee the conservation of crop diversity worldwide forever, has strengthened its high level Board with the appointment of former Norwegian Government Minister...
29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015