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Nuts About Peanuts

Nuts About Peanuts The peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), also known as groundnut, is native to South America but is now grown throughout the tropics and subtropics. There, this delicious legume is a…

A smiling farmer holds her groundnut harvest. Photo: L. Vidyasagar/ICRISAT

NPR: The Ultimate In Heirloom Wheat Arrives At Seed Vault

NPR: The Ultimate In Heirloom Wheat Arrives At Seed Vault NPR reports on the deposit of heirloom wheat to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. A few days ago, amid darkness and freezing winds, thousands…

Not Just K-crops on Korean Dinner Tables

Not Just K-crops on Korean Dinner Tables Just as the colorful mosaic of banchan dishes enhances a dinner table, Korean – and global – food security is enhanced by crop diversity. Dishes such as…

Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim at GLF Climate 2021

Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim at GLF Climate 2021 Listen to Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim's keynote speech at GLF…

Norway Pledges to Support Crop Wild Relatives

Norway Pledges to Support Crop Wild Relatives ROME (10 December 2010)—The Global Crop Diversity Trust today announced a major global search to systematically find, gather, catalogue, use, and save…

M. van Slageren collecting Ipomoea eriocarpa

Norway Invests in the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund for the Future of Food Security

Norway Invests in the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund for the Future of Food Security The Crop Trust is grateful to the Norwegian government for steadfast support in conserving the world’s crop…

Norway

Norway has a population of over 5 million people. Norway’s agriculture sector has a small-scale structure compared to the agriculture in other countries in Western Europe. Small and medium-sized…

North Korea

North Korea occupies the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula and has a population of over 25.4 million. It is divided from South Korea though a demilitarized zone, established by the terms of…

No Such Flavor as Strawberry

No Such Flavor as Strawberry This year your strawberries could be as white as the cream poured over them, after a new variety went on sale today. The pineberry is said to combine the shape and…

No data? No conservation.

Information systems are central to the effective conservation and use of plant genetic resources, whether at the level of the individual collection, using the likes of GRIN-Global, or at a global…

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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.