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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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PGR Go

PGR Go Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs OMG! Look, over there! Mewtwo! Quick, let’s catch it Oh, I’m sorry, did I distract you from your own Pokémon Go? Seems like everybody’s…

PGR Go

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Philippines

The Philippines has a population of around 100 million people. The agriculture and food sector in the Philippines account for almost 15-20% of gross national income. It employs around 32% of the…

Photo Exhibition

1. The Global Crop Diversity Trust The Crop Trust is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever and for the…

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…

Pigeonpea: Food for Drought

Pigeonpea: Food for Drought Drought is a terrifying prospect for all farmers, and a matter of life and death for many. A nutritious legume that can produce harvests with just 65 cm of rain a year,…

Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard

Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard There’s a sweetpotato variety in Papua New Guinea called “Gimane.” But farmers prefer to call it “I don’t care.” Gimane earned this name because…

Plan for Bigger, Better Yams

Plan for Bigger, Better Yams Yields of yams could be boosted—and with them food security—by using their biodiversity more efficiently, according to a strategy for yam conservation facilitated by the…

Man standing and talking in front of yam crop.

Planet Wheat

Planet Wheat Every year farmers grow around $150 billion worth of wheat, providing 23% of the calories we live on. But some years it all goes wrong. 2010 was a bad year for wheat: a heat wave in…

Plant Cryopreservation: Principles, Applications and Challenges of Banking Plant Diversity at Ultralow Temperatures

10 July 2025 - 15.00 - 16.00 CEST

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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.