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Irish Aid Pledges Euro 3 Million on World Food Day Dublin, Ireland (16 October 2006): Today is World Food Day. Despite progress achieved in agriculture and rural development, 850 million people in…

Generation Challenge Programme and the Crop Trust WASHINTON DC, USA (5 December 2006). The Generation Challenge Programme  and the Crop Trust inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a…

Crop Trust Announces New Board ROME, ITALY (16 February 2007) — The Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today the confirmation of eight new Board members, representing the highest levels of the…

New Agreement to Permanently Secure Biodiversity of Rice Los Baños, Philippines (March 12, 2007) – The Global Crop Diversity Trust and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) unveiled an…

Gates Foundation Funds Rescue of World's Crop Biodiversity ROME, ITALY (19 April 2007)—Recognizing that the fight against hunger cannot be won without securing fast-disappearing crop biodiversity,…

US Congress Approves Contribution of USD 60 Million to Crop Trust WASHINGTON, DC (July 24, 2007)—The House Agriculture Committee unanimously adopted an amendment to the 2007 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) to…

Engineers Begin Critical "Cooling Down" of Arctic Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (16 NOVEMBER 2007)—Refrigeration units began pumping chilly air deep into an Arctic mountain cavern today, launching…

History's Biggest Biological Rescue to Save 100,000 Crop Varieties Rome, Italy (15 February 2009)—Only two years after launching an ambitious effort to save endangered crop species, the Global…

One-Year Anniversary of Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (26 February 2009)—Four tons of seeds - almost 90,000 samples of hundreds of crop species - from food crop collections maintained by Canada,…

New Grant Award System Announced ROME, ITALY (22 May 2009)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today numerous new grant awards to support scientists to explore the millions of seed samples…