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We work with donors and partners to lead global projects that protect crop diversity, conserve crop wild relatives and develop technology to make this diversity accessible worldwide.

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A multi-year effort to develop new strategies and update existing ones was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). To gain an overview on the current state of the

The Templeton Pre-Breeding Project

The Crop Trust – Templeton Project is built on a mutual goal to improve food security for some of the world’s most vulnerable smallholders in the context of a changing climate.

Genebank Platform Annual Report

Genebank Platform Annual Report Last year, the CGIAR Genebank Platform completed the third year of its five-year lifespan. The Platform ensures that the CGIAR genebanks are running efficiently, that

Crop Trust a Finalist for Food Planet Prize

Crop Trust a Finalist for Food Planet Prize The Global Crop Diversity Trust is honored to be recognized as a finalist for the 2020 Food Planet Prize, which was established by the Curt Bergfors

Wild Bananas from Papua New Guinea Boost Food Security for All

Wild Bananas from Papua New Guinea Boost Food Security for All Bananas come in a huge array of different types, some say perhaps a thousand or more distinct cultivated varieties, but there’s only one

New Alfalfa Varieties Take Root

New Alfalfa Varieties Take Root From the dry, freezing winters of Kazakhstan and Inner Mongolia (China), to the parched summers of central Chile, to the blistering heat of Australia, alfalfa—also

Seeds for Resilience Action Grows

Launched in September 2021, Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) is a 10-year project, that builds on the successes and achievements of the Crop Wild Relatives Project

Honeybees Sweeten the Deal for Kazakhstani Alfalfa Farmers

Honeybees Sweeten the Deal for Kazakhstani Alfalfa Farmers They say you get more flies with honey, but an experiment on alfalfa in Kazakhstan found you also get greater yields with honeybees. The

Support for National Genebanks Underway

Seeds maintained in genebanks worldwide are the foundation of our future food and nutrition security.

Breakthroughs in Breeding Grasspea and Finger Millet

The project, “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance,” funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc., made major strides in

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The Crop Diversity Digest

From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.