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Seeking Crop Elders

Seeking Crop Elders Scientists and crop breeders are racing to identify the wild ancestors of domesticated plants before a warming world hastens their demise. David Rupple presses two thumbs into

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15 Years of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

15 Years of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault: New deposit from 20 genebanks and a new virtual tour to celebrate the remote Arctic seed store

New seeds are being deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

A Homecoming for Rice

A Homecoming for Rice AfricaRice will open its new genebank later this year, in Mbe, Côte d’Ivoire, more than a decade after the center re-located to Benin during a civil war. But first, all its rice

Marie-Noelle Ndjiondjop with packets of rice samples in the AfricaRice genebank in Mbe. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

Crop Trust Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Crop Trust Celebrates 10th Anniversary Ensuring a Stable, Affordable Global Food Supply (Longyearbyen, Norway) 21 February 2014—Beginning its second decade ensuring the conservation and availability

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to common questions about the Opportunity Crops Knowledge Base and how to use this site. Whether you're a researcher, farmer, educator, or just curious, you'll find helpful information

Crop Diversity: A lifeline for resilience, peace, nutrition and food security

In-Person Event Thursday, March 27 Mar, 4pm - 7pm AEDT

G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards

G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards Janny van Beem, Genebank Quality Specialist at the Crop Trust, sums up the results of the first Genebank Operations and Advanced Learning (GOAL) workshop held in

Scanning the Future of Genebanks

Scanning the Future of Genebanks By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs Anybody who buys something in a supermarket these days knows a little about barcodes. You put your purchases

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Devex: Why crop diversity is key for the future of food

Devex: Why crop diversity is key for the future of food Amid huge challenges for global food security, one crucial topic will be debated this month in Lima: How do we adapt our crops and seeds for

The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world

The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world Food of the future was the hot topic at the inaugural Food Forever Solutions Summit earlier this

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