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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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Life Insurance for Genebanks

Life Insurance for Genebanks Genebanks are generally safe. But they are not invulnerable. More than a decade ago, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas’ (ICARDA)…

Like a Spike in a Haystack

Like a Spike in a Haystack Como Una Espiga en un Pajar: A Course on Collecting, Processing and Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives 16 dedicated participants from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador,…

Live Science: Doomsday Seed Vault's Birthday Brings 25,000 Gifts

Live Science: Doomsday Seed Vault's Birthday Brings 25,000 Gifts Live Science reports on the addition of 25,000 varieties to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on its birthday. This week, the Doomsday…

Local Solutions to a Global Challenge and How India Can Usher in Zero Hunger

Local Solutions to a Global Challenge and How India Can Usher in Zero Hunger Professor M S Swaminathan, the Father of Green Revolution in India, writes in the New Indian Express in support of…

Looking at Genebanks Through a Breakthrough Lens

Looking at Genebanks Through a Breakthrough Lens With momentum growing for transforming our food systems, the United Kingdom and the Crop Trust are bringing voices together to discuss how to support…

Los Ingredientes Básicos

Los Ingredientes Básicos Algunos de los cultivos más importantes de la humanidad se originaron en América Latina, como el maíz y la yuca, las patatas y los frijoles, los tomates y los chiles. Todos…

Lucy Fisher and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast

Lucy Fisher and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast Crop Trust Executive Director Stefan Schmitz joins Lucy Fisher and Stig Abell with Times Radio Breakfast to outline why genebanks are so…

Mainstreaming Crop Diversity: Dan Saladino Tells the Stories That Really Matter

Mainstreaming Crop Diversity: Dan Saladino Tells the Stories That Really Matter Twenty years ago, ‘biodiversity’ was a niche term that was mainly used in scientific circles. Now, we – well, some of…

Mainstreaming the Global Crop Conservation Strategies in Plant Treaty Processes

The Crop Trust worked with experts from around the world to develop and update strategies that will guide global efforts for the conservation of key crops.

Maize

Ancient diversity that would be familiar to an Aztec or Inca farmer still ripens in the fields in countries like Mexico, Guatemala and Peru. More recently…

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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.