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Joining Hands for Conservation Luigi Guarino| Director of Science and Programs There’s a question I’m asked a lot when I give introductory talks about the Crop Trust: what do we have against in situ…

Quality Matters Marie Haga | Marie's Corner The job of the Crop Trust is to safeguard one of the world’s most important natural resources – namely plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.…

The Cows Come Home Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs Cows get a lot of bad press these days. They are blamed for climate change and deforestation and even unhealthy diets, as if it’s…

USDA Honors Crop Diversity with 2nd Largest Seed Deposit 19 September 2016 - the Svalbard Global Seed Vault’s doors were opened as 53 new boxes of seeds arrived from the United States Department…

Escaping Lethal Yellowing Luigi Guarino|Director of Science and Programs Readers of a certain age may remember a catchy but ever-so-slightly annoying tune from the late 70s called “Escape,” which…

More Than Just Talking Shop: AGM 2014 By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs All the genebank managers of the CGIAR centres get together every year as part of the CGIAR…

Seeds of Time A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food.

Gene banks of the world are…

Crop Trust Wins Video of the Day Award The Crop Trust's brand new video, Securing Our Food, Forever, has received the video of the day award by VOTD.TV. VOTD.TV awarded the Crop Trust…

A Busy Month North and South Marie Haga | Marie's Corner The 17th meeting of the Executive Board is taking place right now in Lima, Peru where we will discuss how we envisage the complete global…

The Gregor Mendel Foundation Honors ICARDA In a personal account of the event, our Deputy Executive Director Paula Bramel talks about the ceremony, which was held in Berlin on 19 March.  Last…