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The President of Ghana Speaks at the Seed Summit On 25 February 2020, the largest deposit since the Seed Vault's opening in 2008 (in terms of the number of institutions to send seeds at one time)…

The Power of Healthy Seeds: How Genebanks are Helping to Build a Resilient Food System Every night, farmers around the world go to bed worried about their crops. Will they wake up to discover that…

The Power and Potential of Agrobiodiversity Protecting and harnessing the earth’s biodiversity is more critical than ever to tackle urgent issues like climate change and hunger.  The GLF…

The Ponte Rotto of Rome Luigi Guarino | Director of Science In the end, it proved a bridge too far. Delegates at the eighth session of the Governing Body of the Plant Treaty in Rome last week were…

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science

The plants that feed the world Baseline data and metrics to inform strategies  for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.  Download PDF

The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino This year the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 15, and will celebrate this…

The Perfect Potato The potato is eaten all over the world, but the original home of the potato was the Andes. The Crop Trust traces the path of some potatoes from the Andes to Svalbard to Germany.

The Perfect Fry: Breeding Potato Varieties to Satisfy the Market Chips, French fries, pomme frites, or fries za kifaransa in Swahili. Whatever you call them, fried potatoes are among the world's…