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Serving Up Fruit and Vegetable Diversity

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science

Fresh fruits and vegetables on shelf in supermarket. For healthy concept

Selection by Stone

Selection by Stone Abdellah Bounagua clutched the stone tightly in his weathered hands. With it, he could cast one vote. The durum wheat farmer from Marchouch in northern Morocco wanted to make sure…

Sefra Alexandra on Listening to the Stories Within Seeds

Sefra Alexandra on Listening to the Stories Within Seeds This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with inspiring, talented…

Seeking Crop Elders

Seeking Crop Elders Scientists and crop breeders are racing to identify the wild ancestors of domesticated plants before a warming world hastens their demise. David Rupple presses two thumbs into…

Seeing is Believing

Seeing is Believing Africa is facing the combined challenges of climate change, malnutrition and a rising population. Farmers on the continent urgently need access to crops that are more productive…

Freya von Negenborn and Sarah Luisa Senz, both portfolio managers at KfW, visited the Genetic Resources Research Institute (GeRRI) just outside Nairobi, Kenya as part of the Seeds for Resilience S4R project

Seeds: ‘Low-hanging Fruit’ for Food Security

Seeds: ‘Low-hanging Fruit’ for Food Security The Crop Trust highlighted the role of seeds in providing actionable solutions to the challenges facing the world’s food systems at a curtain-raising…

Seeds of Time Screening in Bonn

Seeds of Time Screening in Bonn The Center for Development Research of the University of Bonn and the Crop Trust are happy to announce a public screening of Seeds of Time in Bonn on 8 April…

Seeds of Time

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…

Seeds for Resilience: Strengthening National Genebanks Across Africa

In 2022, the “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance” Project entered its fourth and final year.

Seeds for Resilience: A Chat with Project Manager Nora Castañeda-Álvarez

Seeds for Resilience: A Chat with Project Manager Nora Castañeda-Álvarez The Crop Trust’s Seeds for Resilience project is supporting genebanks in Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana to improve…

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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.