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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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Reflecting on 2022

… feature of the Crop Trust strategy to 2030, which was drafted in 2022 and will be completed in 2023. In addition to participation in many global events, in September the Crop Trust hosted a stakeholders'…

Securing the world’s crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security. Photo: Shawn Landersz/Crop Trust

400-Year-Old Bolivian Newcomer Ships Seeds to Svalbard

… Bolivia. Twenty percent of the bean diversity in the university's collection was regenerated in 2023. Back-Ups in Bolivia and the Arctic Local Seed Guardians, genebank staff and farmers played a key role…

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Historic Deposit Bolsters Food Security Amid Crises

… Executive Director of the Crop Trust. Recent climate data underscores the urgency of this work. 2023 was the hottest year since global records began, by a wide margin. Of the 30 deadliest weather events…

Crop Trust and Plant Treaty pledging more than $100,000 to safeguard crucial genebanks in Laos and Sudan

… more than $100,000 to safeguard crucial genebanks in Laos and Sudan Rome, Italy, 20 November, 2023: In the face of conflict and extreme weather, the Crop Trust and the…

Melinda Smale: Exploring the Economic Value of Crop Diversity Conservation

… farmers in these countries and beyond. Professor Smale retired from full-time teaching in January 2023. “Melinda Smale has made an indelible mark on agricultural development economics,” AFRE…

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…

Jayanthi_Nadarajan_Crop_Trust_Talk_15_May_2024.pdf

… D.; Colville, L. Seed Longevity—The Evolution of Knowledge and a Conceptual Framework. Plants 2023, 12, 471. https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants12030471 Seed storage – effect of moisture content Seed…

Scientists issue rallying cry for greater global cooperation to safeguard seeds for future food and nutrition security

… to safeguard seeds for future food and nutrition security Berlin, Germany, 15 November 2023: Leading experts have issued a rallying cry that greater international cooperation is urgently…

New Drought-tolerant Durum Wheat Variety Proves Its Worth in Morocco

… the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Released in Morocco in 2023 by the National Institute for Agricultural Research in Morocco (INRA), Jawahir is the result of over ten…

Strategic Action Towards 2030

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

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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.