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Farmers and Genebanks Explore Crop Diversity in Zambia

Farmers and Genebanks Explore Crop Diversity in Zambia It’s March in Chirundu District, in Zambia’s hot and humid lowlands near its border with Zimbabwe, and the track gives way to a field of…

FAQs

Frequently asked questions about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault What is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault? The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides insurance against both incremental…

FAO and the EU support relocation of Ukraine’s national seed collection to a secure site

FAO and the EU support relocation of Ukraine’s national seed collection to a secure site Unique plant genetic resources have been transported over a thousand kilometres from Kharkiv to the west of…

Factsheet_Emergency_Reserve_2023_v2.pdf

Damages after a fire at The National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory (NPGRL) in Los Baños Laguna, Philippines in 2012. Saving Our Seeds: An Emergency Reserve for Genebanks in Peril Genebanks are…

Fact-checking the zeitgeist

Fact-checking the zeitgeist By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs We use 43 muscles to frown but only 17 to smile. 89.2% of all statistics are made up…

Fact-Checking the Zeitgeist

By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Extreme Beans: Conserving Vigna

Extreme Beans: Conserving Vigna The Crop Trust facilitated the update of a global strategy to conserve the diversity of Vigna and its wild relatives to help ensure food and nutrition…

External Affairs

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…

Expression of Interest: Investment Advisory Firm

Expression of Interest: Investment Advisory Firm To whom it may concern, The Global Crop Diversity Trust (the "Crop Trust") is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified and experienced…

Expert Consultation Group Meeting

Expert Consultation Group Meeting -- 29 November to 1 December 2016, Bonn Germany: This week, some of the world’s leading experts on ex situ conservation converge in Bonn at the Crop Trust’s…

In a greenhouse at the Antsirabe Field Centre of the National Centre for Applied Research in Rural Development (FOFIFA), breeders sprout potential new cold-tolerant varieties to test in the coming cold season. The international research center AfricaRice has joined the effort to introduce locally adapted lines that include parents from other cold regions. Most rice is acutely sensitive to variations in temperature during the phase when grain is formed: if it is too hot or too cold, the plant produces fewer grains. The aim of this research is to breed Malagasy rice that yields better when colder conditions hit the highlands.

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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.