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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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A Little Wild in Our Rice

A Little Wild in Our Rice Scientists are collaborating with farmers in Vietnam in a new project which is striving to develop improved varieties of rice which can withstand the challenges of climate…

Almost two-thirds of the world’s population depend on rice as part of their daily sustenance. In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, rice is harvested two or three times a year, and 80% of the 17 million people who live there are engaged in rice cultivation. During a recent Crop Wild Relatives visit, Crop Trust, IRRI and NMBU representatives consumed it steamed, puffed, in flakes, as noodles, as wine, to mention just a few of the ways the Vietnamese enjoy this staple crop. Photo: L.M. Salazar

Preserving Appalachian Biodiversity with Cider Apples

Preserving Appalachian Biodiversity with Cider Apples Emily Payne | Food Tank A quality cider is the result of a fine-tuned recipe, with each apple variety contributing a certain component to the…

How this Arctic Vault Could Provide the Food of the Future

How this Arctic Vault Could Provide the Food of the Future The Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores duplicate copies of most of the crop diversity in the world. As part of the Our Planet Project, a…

Menus of the Future Should be Difficult to Decipher

Menus of the Future Should be Difficult to Decipher The global food system relies on just a fraction of foods. Just four crops - wheat, rice, maize and potato - provide 60 per cent of our calories.…

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A Love for Lentils: How World Pulses Day Can Change the Way You Eat

A Love for Lentils: How World Pulses Day Can Change the Way You Eat Pulses have a long, rich history. The first evidence of pulses comes from 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, a region in the…

"This is History in the Making."

"This is History in the Making." 8 February 2020 | CBS News With its deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on 25 February 2020, the Cherokee Nation will become the first U.S. tribe to preserve…

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway. Photo credit: Crop Trust.

Cherokee Nation to Preserve Culturally Important Seeds in Arctic Vault

Cherokee Nation to Preserve Culturally Important Seeds in Arctic Vault 7 February 2020 | The Guardian The Cherokee Nation will bank beans, squash and corn, including some of the tribe's most sacred…

October 11, 2015. Different varieties of Maize are displayed at a stand in Texcoco, Mexico. Photo Credit: Juan Arredondo/Reportage by Getty Images for The Global Crop Diversity Trust.

We Need Each Other, We Feed Each Other

We Need Each Other, We Feed Each Other Simran Sethi | Medium Last week, the government of Norway, Crop Trust and Nordic Genetic Resource Centre — entities that jointly support…

The 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Protecting the World's Crops Amid Catastrophes Like Coronavirus

The 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Protecting the World's Crops Amid Catastrophes Like Coronavirus Luise Boyle | The Independent Rising out of the snowy expanse on a remote archipelago halfway…

Is a Pandemic the Time to Think About Genebanks?

Is a Pandemic the Time to Think About Genebanks? Reasons to consider seeds in the time of the coronavirus By Luigi Guarino, Director or Science and Charlotte Lusty, Head of Programs and…

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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.