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The New York Times: The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds

The New York Times: The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds The world’s seed savers are racing to safeguard the world’s crop diversity in “the world’s doomsday garden shed,”…

Seeds from Palestine are carried into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Seed Vault provides a safe haven, supporting global initiatives to preserve crop diversity against climate threats and geopolitical challenges. Credit: Jonatan Jacobson/NordGen

The New Indian Express: 'Conserving Seeds in Genebanks Vital'

The New Indian Express: 'Conserving Seeds in Genebanks Vital' The New Indian Express reports on the importance of conserving seeds in genebanks. Marie Haga, executive director of the Global Crop…

The Last Crop Before the Desert

The Last Crop Before the Desert “I’ve never seen barley looking this great before!” El Kbir Safraoui couldn’t hold back his excitement about the crop growing in his fields. And he had seen a lot of…

The International Plant Treaty

The Crop Trust is recognized as an essential element of the funding strategy of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty).

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations panel

The International Agrobiodiversity Congress, 6-9 November 2016 - New Delhi, India

The International Agrobiodiversity Congress, 6-9 November 2016 - New Delhi, India The Crop Trust is excited to announce the very first International Agrobiodiversity Congress (IAC) to…

A farmer plows the land with oxen at the Agustina Farm in Morales, Cauca. A drought fueled by the El Niño phenomenon in 2015 forced farmers to delay planting cassava in Cauca, leaving fields bare far into the growing season. As such disruptions become more frequent under climate change, farmers will need more cassava varieties that are both drought tolerant and fast-growing enough to plant whenever the rain arrives.

The Individual Mandate to Conserve Crop Diversity

The Individual Mandate to Conserve Crop Diversity Luigi Guarino The US Affordable Care Act has proved complicated, divisive and controversial, but it will help to protect people against disease and…

The Individual Mandate to Conserve Crop Diversity

Luigi Guarino

The Importance of Crop Diversity & the Milan Protocol

The Importance of Crop Diversity & the Milan Protocol In December, Ms. Marie Haga penned an editorial in Panorama Magazine in Italy. Below is the English translation. For centuries Italian cuisine…

The Hindu: Protect Crop Diversity to Feed All, Says Expert

The Hindu: Protect Crop Diversity to Feed All, Says Expert The Hindu reports on Marie Haga's lecture at the invitation of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. Ms. Haga, a former politician from…

The Guardian: Not Just A Museum

The Guardian: Not Just A Museum A recent article by The Guardian underscores the important role of national genebanks in supporting farmers to adapt to climate challenges. Focusing on the Genetic…

GeRRI staff. Credit: Crop Trust/Luis Salazar

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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.