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Looking at Genebanks Through a Breakthrough Lens

… her work in the Pacific with the audience of the Global Crop Diversity Summit hosted in Berlin in 2023. Photo: Crop Trust/MIKA-fotografie The first session, Biodiversity and Climate Funding Sources for Crop…

Citrus_Summary.pdf

… summary of the Global strategy for the conservation and use of citrus genetic resources (Volk et al 2023a). This summary supports decision making by the stakeholders of the International Treaty on Plant…

The Wonderful World of Sunflowers

… for the Conservation and Use of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Genetic Resources, published in 2023, is one of the results. This identified more than 100 institutes around the world holding a total of…

BOLD strides into the future

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

Germany Supports the Crop Trust to Safeguard and Use Crop Diversity Globally

… the changing environment and tough times ahead. The three-year project will run until the end of 2023 and includes EUR 4.5 million in funding.

New Global Assessment of Plant Genetic Resources Gets Underway

… in 2022, after which it will be presented to the Commission for endorsement and then publication in 2023. It is envisaged that the publication of the Third Report will provide the much-needed impetus for…

Food Forever: 2030 Strategic Plan

… the way to this goal, one sensible step at a time. The Crop Trust 2030 Strategic Plan, adopted in 2023, sets out the targets to be met by the end of the decade and provides a roadmap for achieving them. …

Woman sells different crops at the market

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Celebrates 15th Year With Historic Deposit

…Svalbard Global Seed Vault Celebrates 15th Year With Historic Deposit Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 28 February 2023 – As part of its 15th anniversary celebrations, today the Svalbard Global Seed Vault welcomes 20 genebank…

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

Banking on African heritage

Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In

GROW_Webinar_-_Stef_de_Haan_.pdf

… Source: Chirapaq Ñan Initiative Extensive Refinement for Peru (2021-2022) Source: Dawson et al. 2023 A B C D E F Dawson et al. 2023 A B Dawson et al. 2023 C Started with 9 and now has 11…

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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.