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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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Zinc-Biofortified Wheat: Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Improved Nutritional Quality

Zinc-Biofortified Wheat: Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Improved Nutritional Quality SCIENCE BRIEF: BIOFORTIFICATION | NO.1 As one of the world’s major staple food crops, wheat is consumed by 35%…

Zinc wheat being harvested in India. Photo: T Krupnik/CIMMYT

Beyond Talk: Putting Private Capital to Work for the Future of Agriculture

Beyond Talk: Putting Private Capital to Work for the Future of Agriculture Marie Haga | Marie's Corner On 28 April, at the G-20 meeting in Berlin, the Crop Trust hosted an Expert Panel entitled:…

Enhancing the Genesys Portal

Enhancing the Genesys Portal Information is liberating Data and information systems make our lives easier, in our personal capacity and in our workspace, allowing us to access the information we…

Time for Coffee Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs The Economist’s writers are by and large a pretty hard-nosed lot. I guess it’s in their job description. So this final paragraph in an…

The Food Forever Initiative

The Food Forever Initiative Marie Haga | Marie's Corner 2.5 can mean anything. Percent. Degrees. Kilometers. Kilos. Centimeters. For everyone connected to biodiversity it has a very special…

Genebank Platform holds its first AGM

Genebank Platform holds its first AGM Marie Haga | Marie's Corner Rome. Ames. Arusha. Izmir. Horsham. Meise. For the past six years, the managers of some of the world’s most important collections…

Calling All Coffee Lovers: Let's Save Coffee Together

Calling All Coffee Lovers: Let's Save Coffee Together Friday, 29 September 2017 – Starting today and culminating on Sunday, 1 October 2017, the 77 Member States of the…

Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up

Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up Climate Change Effects are Cropping Up and it's only going to get worse: Transformational Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa Amanda Fuller, Former Crop Trust…

Interview with Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of VIR

Interview with Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of VIR To celebrate the 130th anniversary of Vavilov, I interviewed Nikolay Dzubenko, Director of the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources…

The Breeding Advantage

The Breeding Advantage Tapping into genetic diversity for food security in a 4 degrees warmer world Lili Szilagyi, CCAFS and Cierra Martin, Crop Trust While efforts are underway to mitigate…

CIP’s Genebank staff visually inspect cultures of the global, in trust potato in vitro collection following standard indicators for verifying viability.

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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.