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We work with donors and partners to lead global projects that protect crop diversity, conserve crop wild relatives and develop technology to make this diversity accessible worldwide.

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Crop Diversity Day Rabat 2024

Climate and Biodiversity: Towards Resilient Food Systems in the MENA Region

Crop Diversity is the Foundation of Food Sovereignty

Crop Diversity is the Foundation of Food Sovereignty On this International Day of Biological Diversity, Ska Mirriam Moteane, a renowned chef from Lesotho, shares her opinion on the importance…

Crop Diversity Meets Climate Policy in Bangkok

Crop Diversity Meets Climate Policy in Bangkok Climate and food security policy merged lanes at an international workshop in Bangkok to explore their untapped synergies. More than 20…

Crop Diversity: A Climate Change Solution

Crop Diversity: A Climate Change Solution The climate crisis is upon us, and its effects are becoming impossible to ignore. Extreme heatwaves, more frequent floods, and prolonged droughts are…

Crop Diversity: A lifeline for resilience, peace, nutrition and food security

In-Person Event Thursday, March 27 Mar, 4pm - 7pm AEDT

Crop Diversity: A Solution for Today’s Hunger Crisis and Food Security Tomorrow

Crop Diversity: A Solution for Today’s Hunger Crisis and Food Security Tomorrow The world is facing three major food challenges, all at the same time. We need to produce more food, significantly…

Wheat regeneration at ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon. Credit: Crop Trust/Michael Major

Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open

Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open On 19 September, scientists, policymakers and other crop diversity enthusiasts, flocked to Mindspace in Williamsburg, one of Brooklyn’s…

The Unlocking Climate Solutions: Embracing Nature and Agricultural Heritage event was held at Mindspace in Brooklyn, New York City. Photo: Bailey Cate/Crop Trust

Crop Diversity: Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come

Crop Diversity: Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come At first glance, seeds may not look like much. But within them lies the architecture of thousands of different plants with thousands…

Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives

Crop Science Honors Research on Crop Wild Relatives Two research studies conducted as part of the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project have won awards for excellence after appearing in a…

As part of the Crop Wild Relatives alfalfa pre-breeding project, an “alfalfa varietal garden” has been established at INIA’s Research Center Kampenaike (which means ‘Place of Sheep’ in Tehuelche, one of the Chonan languages of Patagonia), where 33 lines that include materials from China, Kazakhstan, and Australia are growing. “There’s also three lines from Magallanes, 11 from the Alta Sierra, four from Canada and 25 commercial varieties,” said Jorge Ivelic. Photo: LS Salazar/Crop Trust

Crop Science Special Issue Shows Why Crops Need to Get Wild

Crop Science Special Issue Shows Why Crops Need to Get Wild When the Growing Gets Tough, the Tough Get Pre-breeding Much like dogs have wolves, our familiar crops have undomesticated relatives…

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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.