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Åsmund Asdal: Farmers’ Son Who Opens the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to the World

Åsmund Asdal: Farmers’ Son Who Opens the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to the World This edition of our Seed Heroes series focuses on the vital role that Åsmund Asdal plays in conserving the diversity…

Athlete Michael Haddad Reaches Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Athlete Michael Haddad Reaches Svalbard Global Seed Vault Endurance athlete Michael Haddad successfully completed his journey to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Tuesday, delivering a "package…

Australia

Australia has a population of over 23 million people. About two-thirds of Australia’s land is given over to farming production. About 90% of farm land is for grazing on native pastures, occurring…

Australian Deposit into Svalbard and Australia's Crop Wild Relatives

Australian Deposit into Svalbard and Australia's Crop Wild Relatives NEW AUSTRALIAN SEED DEPOSIT Indigenous crop wild relatives, brassica, oats among seeds that find safe haven in Svalbard Global…

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has a population of more than 9 million people. The agriculture and food sector in Azerbaijan has seen a sharp decline from 20% of gross national product in 2001 to less than 6% in 2014. …

Background

We must urgently transform our agrifood systems if we are to resolve the linked, overlapping crises of food and nutrition insecurity, climate change, and loss of biodiversity that humanity faces.…

Backing Up Brazil’s Future Food and Nutrition Security

Bananas, Bruised but Not Beaten

Bananas, Bruised but Not Beaten At least 1,000 hectares of banana farms in Southern Mindanao have been destroyed so far by Fusarium, a disease with no known cure that organic farming advocates said…

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a population of over 156 million. Due to Bangladesh’s heavy dependence on agriculture, rural farmworkers face seasonal…

Banking on African heritage

Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In…

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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.