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A New Decade for Biodiversity Protection The new year is upon us, ushering in an updated Global Biodiversity Framework for the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), covering the period 2021 to…

A Nutritious Future Starts in Genebanks Beans, sorghum, pearl millet, peas and lentils have a lot to offer. These nutritious crops are not only tasty, versatile, gluten-free and nutritious, but they…

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…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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…