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Pre-breeding: Creating and Managing Variation

This course explains why parental selection is important and how it can be done effectively based on various types and sources of data and information. The issues associated with transferring traits…

Pre-Breeding Work With Grasspea and Finger Millet Gets a Boost

Pre-Breeding Work With Grasspea and Finger Millet Gets a Boost Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving…

Grasspea at ICARDA’s facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Pre-breeding Project Management

This module explains why it is necessary to plan ahead in a pre-breeding programme. It covers the range of issues that need to be considered before embarking on a pre-breeding programme, stressing…

Pre-Breeding For Dummies With Anna Backhaus

Pre-Breeding For Dummies With Anna Backhaus It's April. Night is falling in Agadir, a coastal Moroccan city bordering the southern Atlantic coast, and Anna is talking about her pre-breeding work and…

Pre-breeding Explained: A Project by Minerva University Students

Pre-breeding Explained: A Project by Minerva University Students The Crop Trust partnered with Minerva University through its Civic Projects initiative, bringing together the creative energies of…

Powering Conservation: Genebanks and the Shift to Renewable Energy

Power of Diversity: Charting the Path for Opportunity Crops

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…

Power of Diversity Grants 2026 - Call for Proposals

Power of Diversity Grants 2026 - Call for Proposals €2.2 Million in Power of Diversity Grants for Opportunity Crops Opportunity crops are getting a boost in six countries thanks to the Power of…

Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops

Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops As the world marks World Food Day on 16 October, the Crop Trust’s Power of Diversity Funding Facility highlights the…

Power of Diversity Funding Facility

The Power of Diversity Funding Facility is a multi-donor initiative managed by the Crop Trust, dedicated to conserving, cultivating and promoting the consumption of relatively neglected opportunity…

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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.