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Trouble Brewing for Tea? Brits will celebrate National Tea Day on 21 April, but few realize that the tea plant is facing a range of challenges, from climate change to poor conservation BONN,…

From Central America to the World: Protecting the Future of Coffee Crop Trust-led study will help ensure the long-term conservation and availability of the world’s only international coffee…

Crop Trust Remembers Tim Fischer, Former Executive Board Chair 22 August 2019 – It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of our former Executive Board Chair and long-time…

Poland, Slovakia Now Among Depositors to Svalbard Global Seed Vault ­­21 October 2019, SVALBARD, NORWAY – Having made the trek from Europe and Africa to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard,…

Crop Trust Appoints New Executive Director Bonn, Germany (12th November 2019) – The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) announced today the appointment of Dr. Stefan Schmitz as its…

Wild Plants from Four Continents Deliver Climate Change Lifeline for Crops Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food Bonn,…

Major Seed Deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Longyearbyen SVALBARD (25 February, 2020) - Today, 35 genebanks from all continents deposited seeds at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, at a…

Seeds from Royal Estate go to Kew and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Seeds from Royal Estate go to Kew and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Effort to Tackle Global Food Security Hand-picked from…

ECPGR and the Crop Trust Sign Memorandum of Understanding The European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) welcome the signature…

Supercharging the Next Generation of Climate-Smart Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa EUR 20 million project to boost genebanks’ efforts to conserve and share samples of key staple crops will drive climate…