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A Legend Retires: Jane Toll

A Legend Retires: Jane Toll On the 23rd of October 1987, a young crop collector named Jane Toll was taking part in a collecting mission in central Chad, helping the staff of the young country’s…

More Than Just Talking Shop: AGM 2014

More Than Just Talking Shop: AGM 2014 By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs All the genebank managers of the CGIAR centres get together every year as part of the CGIAR…

Seeds of Time

Seeds of Time A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food.

Gene banks of the world are…

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Crop Trust Wins Video of the Day Award

Crop Trust Wins Video of the Day Award The Crop Trust's brand new video, Securing Our Food, Forever, has received the video of the day award by VOTD.TV. VOTD.TV awarded the Crop Trust…

A Busy Month North and South

A Busy Month North and South Marie Haga | Marie's Corner The 17th meeting of the Executive Board is taking place right now in Lima, Peru where we will discuss how we envisage the complete global…

The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA

The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA In a personal account of the event, our Deputy Executive Director Paula Bramel talks about the ceremony, which was held in Berlin on 19 March. Last…

Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager

Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager Following the recent AfricaRice deposit of 2,400 rice accessions to Svalbard, the Crop Trust sat down with Dr. Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop, Head of Genetic…

Picking Up Where We Left Off

Picking Up Where We Left Off Marie Haga | Marie's Corner Picking up where we left off: my previous post was published from Lima, Peru, during our last Executive Board meeting. I would like to…

Open Letter to the Guardian, by Crop Trust Executive Director

Open Letter to the Guardian, by Crop Trust Executive Director In reference to: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/20/the-doomsday-vault-seeds-save-post-apocalyptic-worl Dear Sir, Your…

Letter to the Donors of the CGIAR

Letter to the Donors of the CGIAR To the Donors of the CGIAR The Global Crop Diversity Trust has been established by the FAO and the CGIAR to secure and make available crop diversity for global food…

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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.