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Just Warming Up Cassava isn't afraid of a changing climate For poor farmers in the tropics, there are few upsides to climate change. Cassava, however, is set to take off under higher temperatures –

An Endangered Wind-Resilient Bean Enroute to Svalbard SVALBARD, NORWAY – 16 October 2017 – Seeds of a nearly extinct wild bean, which has evolved a vigorous root system that makes it more resilient

Climate-proofing Our Foods With Crop Wild Relatives This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and to our

Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler to Receive the 2024 World Food Prize for Safeguarding Crop Diversity Des Moines, Iowa — May 9, 2024 — The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that two of the

The Economist: Banking Against Doomsday The Economist reports on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in its print edition in March 2012. With a heavy clunk, the steel outer doors of the Svalbard Global

Daily Star Lebanon: How the Mideast Can Help Protect Crop Diversity Former Executive Director of the Crop Trust, Dr. Geoff Hawtin, penned an editorial in the Daily Star Lebanon on the importance of

‘Faraway’ Conflicts Hit Closer to Home Than You Think (Like in Your Larder) A new study has shown that over 70 percent of the wild relatives of our domesticated food crops are

Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager Following the recent AfricaRice deposit of 2,400 rice accessions to Svalbard, the Crop Trust sat down with Dr. Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop, Head of Genetic

Climate Funding to Support Pacific Seed Crops The New Zealand government is putting NZD 10 million of its NZD 1.3 billion climate aid fund towards conserving Pacific crop seeds and researching