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from-genebank-to-farms-desousa-2025.pdf

From genebanks to farms: how citizen science is transforming crop variety evaluation through the tricot approach Kauê de Sousa Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust In this presentation • Challenges that

Nigeria Chooses Its Opportunity Crops

Nigeria Chooses Its Opportunity Crops Several dozen people recently gathered in Ibadan, Nigeria to help the country face the future. They were not politicians or diplomats or economists. They were

Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time

Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we salute Brazilian scientist Dr Vania Azevedo, who was just tapped to lead CGIAR’s global

Brite Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC) at the University of British Columbia hosts the BRITE training program – Biodiversity Research: Integrative Training and Education. It is aimed at widening

G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards

G.O.A.L. - Raising Genebank Standards Janny van Beem, Genebank Quality Specialist at the Crop Trust, sums up the results of the first Genebank Operations and Advanced Learning (GOAL) workshop held in

Forward and Upward: Spirit of our GOAL Workshop in Latin America

Forward and Upward: Spirit of our GOAL Workshop in Latin America Marie Haga | Marie's Corner When you hear the word ‘quality’ what comes to mind? This was the question posed by Janny van Beem, the

Wild About Bananas

Wild About Bananas Hunting for Drought Tolerance in Papua New Guinea Bananas were first domesticated in Southeast Asia, sometime between 5,000 and 8,000 BCE. They have since spread widely around

Otto Frankel: 1960s Trailblazer for Plant Biodiversity Conservation

Otto Frankel: 1960s Trailblazer for Plant Biodiversity Conservation In this installment of the Seed Heroes series, we commemorate the life of Otto Frankel, the Austrian-born scientist who pioneered

Partnerships and organizational news

The Crop Trust made a number of important institutional strides forward in 2022, including: receiving an endowment contribution from a private company; signing of a memorandum of understanding with

No data? No conservation.

Information systems are central to the effective conservation and use of plant genetic resources, whether at the level of the individual collection, using the likes of GRIN-Global, or at a global

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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.