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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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GROW_seminar_FINAL_24AUG23.pdf

…en is it Good to be Left Out in the Cold? The Global Plant Cryopreservation Initiative GROW Webinar 24 August 2023 David Ellis Emeritus Scientist International Potato Center Imagine the world 15,000 years ago On the…

The World’s Rice Bowl: Protected in Perpetuity

… first phase of Crop Trust funding will cover essential operations of the IRRI genebank from 2019-2023, including conservation, regeneration and distribution of its cultivated and wild seed collections. As…

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

Mushy or Not, Peas Need Strategic Support

… and culinary qualities demanded by the market. Review of the Status of Pea Collections In 2023, the Crop Trust published the Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Pea (Pisum sativum L.)…

Ehsan Dulloo: Mauritian Champion of Biodiversity Who Set Standards for Genebanks

… access to knowledge and best practices for the management of selected crops in genebanks. In 2023, the Curt Bergfors Foundation awarded its Food Planet Prize to the Agrobiodiversity Index, a project…

Eat Food? Choose Diversity!

… yield. “We need to pay farmers not just for what they produce, but how they produce it,” he argued in 2023. In this way, Pollan has helped shift the public conversation from food trends to food systems. He…

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.

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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.