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A Treasure Trove of Crop Diversity, for Pakistan and the World A team of genebank experts visited the Bio-resources Conservation Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan, in June 2022 as part of the Crop…

A Tale of Two Bananas Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs My friend Ali Lawati is upset with me. He works on plant genetic resources conservation in Oman, and we’ve known each other…

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

A Symphony of Sorghum Seeds in Kenya In Western Kenya, where farmers used to live in harmony with nature. But now, it seems to have lost its rhythm.  The once-predictable climate has turned…

A Sweet Deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault When the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opens this week, for the first time in 2021, the seeds of something really sweet will be among those…

A Sunflower Story Early this year, the Crop Trust’s very own Luis Salazar visited Argentina, where our Crop Wild Relatives Project pre-breeding partners from the National Agricultural Technology…

A Success Story: the Genebank CRP & Quality Management Marie Haga | Marie's Corner Successes come in all shapes and sizes. You might rightly accuse me of not being fully objective when it comes to…

A Space for Landraces We live in times that, though arguably plenty interesting enough already, seem to be in an unseemly hurry to become ever more so. Farming is not, alas, immune to all the…

A Small Cost With a Big Benefit: Supporting Genebanks in Need We live in challenging times. Much of the world is beset by armed conflict, inequalities, biodiversity loss and climate disasters.…

A Resilient Food System in a Changing Climate The Global Crop Diversity Trust and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew present a one day symposium 23rd November 2015 9:30-16:30 Millennium Seed…