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BBC News: Ghana deposits seeds in Arctic Circle 'doomsday vault'

West Africa business journalist, Nkechi Ogbonna from BBC News, reports on the recent deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

BBC Mundo: Plantan Semillas de 50 Años de Antigüedad

BBC Mundo: Plantan Semillas de 50 Años de Antigüedad BBC Mundo reports on the recent grant by the Crop Trust to save the collection at CATIE. Variedades únicas de café, tomate, chile, frijol, maíz y…

BBC Earth: Wild Food Crop Relatives to be 'Rescued'

BBC Earth: Wild Food Crop Relatives to be 'Rescued' Scientists have announced a plan to collect and store the wild plant relatives of essential food crops, including wheat, rice, and potatoes. The…

Battling Biotic Stress in Farmers' Fields

Battling Biotic Stress in Farmers' Fields Crops are often threatened by a range of unfriendly organisms, including various kinds of bacteria, fungi, insects and weeds. These plant predators hamper…

Baseline Questionnaire for Genebank Reviews

This baseline questionnaire was prepared to help assess a genebank's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Banking on Diversity in Nigeria: A Winning Team

Banking on Diversity in Nigeria: A Winning Team With a pair of tweezers, Mary Aditiku picks up a tiny okra seed, turns it over, and puts it back in place. Her hand is steady; her movements are…

Banking on Crop Diversity for Food Security in the Face of Climate Change

Banking on Crop Diversity for Food Security in the Face of Climate Change Groundbreaking 10-year, USD 58 million project launches to secure future food security and climate resilience…

Banking on African heritage

Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In…

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a population of over 156 million. Due to Bangladesh’s heavy dependence on agriculture, rural farmworkers face seasonal…

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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.

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