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Celebration Meets Urgency at Latest Seed Vault Opening in Svalbard

Celebration Meets Urgency at Latest Seed Vault Opening in Svalbard LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 22 October 2025 – Twenty genebanks representing every continent bar Antarctica deposited more than 21,000…

Links and Initiatives

This page provides an overview of selected international and regional efforts that contribute to the conservation, research, and sustainable use of opportunity crops. It brings together…

Ecuador’s Model Genebank

Ecuador’s Model Genebank Ecuador may be small in size, but it’s big in biodiversity. With landscapes that stretch from the Amazon to the Andes and even include the Galápagos Islands, this South…

FAQ

1. What is the Genebank Academy and who is it for? The Genebank Academy is an online learning platform by the Crop Trust, designed for genebank professionals, researchers, and students worldwide…

About the Academy

The Genebank Academy is the Crop Trust’s online learning platform dedicated to strengthening global capacity in genebank operations, management, and plant genetic resource conservation. We provide…

MLS_status_in_GGCE-17_10_2024.pdf

Accession MLS status in GGCE Documenting accession status in the Multilateral System of the Plant Treaty This version was finalized on the 17th of October 2024 by the Crop Trust and the Secretariat…

Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops

Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops As the world marks World Food Day on 16 October, the Crop Trust’s Power of Diversity Funding Facility highlights the…

TIME Names Svalbard Global Seed Vault Among 25 Iconic Inventions

TIME Names Svalbard Global Seed Vault Among 25 Iconic Inventions TIME has named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault one of the 25 most iconic inventions of the past quarter century. “Superman had it…

Seed sample deposit to Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

FAO: New Global Partnership to Conserve Food Plants

FAO: New Global Partnership to Conserve Food Plants The UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) announced the launch of the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants (GCCFP), a new…

Future task of genebanks - perspectives for the conservation of plant genetic resources

BMLEH & IBV dialogue event on 3-4. November 2025 at the BMLEH in Bonn (hybrid)

Plantlets stored in cones in IPK Genebank Germany

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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.