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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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Food Security Experts Warn of Global Hunger from Climate Change

Food Security Experts Warn of Global Hunger from Climate Change ROME, ITALY (18 November 2009)—Alarmed by a substantial oversight in the global climate talks leading up to the United Nations Climate…

Red Hot Chili Peppers Arrive in Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Red Hot Chili Peppers Arrive in Svalbard Global Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (11 July 2010)—A new collection of some of North America’s hottest foods—an eclectic range of New World chili…

Global Project Underway to Preserve Yam Biodiversity

Global Project Underway to Preserve Yam Biodiversity BENIN (8 September 2010)—Farmers and crop scientists worldwide are engaged in an ambitious new effort to add 3,000 yam samples to international…

Scientific Community Calls To Halt Destruction of Pavlovsk Station

Scientific Community Calls To Halt Destruction of Pavlovsk Station ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (9 September 2010)—Momentum behind a global effort to save Europe’s most important collection of fruits…

Norway Pledges to Support Crop Wild Relatives

Norway Pledges to Support Crop Wild Relatives ROME (10 December 2010)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust today announced a major global search to systematically find, gather, catalogue, use, and save…

M. van Slageren collecting Ipomoea eriocarpa

Sacred Valley of the Incas to Send Potatoes to Seed Vault

Sacred Valley of the Incas to Send Potatoes to Seed Vault CUSCO, PERU (15 February 2011)—As climate change and disease threaten potato farming in the tuber’s ancestral home in the Peruvian…

Seeds Added to Growing Collection of Global Seed Vault

Seeds Added to Growing Collection of Global Seed Vault LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (25 February 2011)—The Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrated its third anniversary today with the arrival of…

New Shipments to Seed Vault in February 2012

New Shipments to Seed Vault in February 2012 LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY (28 February 2012)—Rare wheat collected from the “Roof of the World” in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan; amaranth, with its…

Crop Trust Announces New Executive Director

Crop Trust Announces New Executive Director ROME, ITALY (18 October 2012)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust announced today the appointment of Marie Haga as its next Executive Director. The…

Crop Trust Welcomed to Germany

Crop Trust Welcomed to Germany Bonn, Germany (22 May 2013)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust was welcomed to Germany today by the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection, Ms.…

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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.