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Extreme Beans: Conserving Vigna

Extreme Beans: Conserving Vigna The Crop Trust facilitated the update of a global strategy to conserve the diversity of Vigna and its wild relatives to help ensure food and nutrition…

Fact-checking the zeitgeist

Fact-checking the zeitgeist By LUIGI GUARINO | Director of Science and Programs We use 43 muscles to frown but only 17 to smile. 89.2% of all statistics are made up…

Fact-Checking the Zeitgeist

By Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

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Damages after a fire at The National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory (NPGRL) in Los Baños Laguna, Philippines in 2012. Saving Our Seeds: An Emergency Reserve for Genebanks in Peril Genebanks are…

FAO and the EU support relocation of Ukraine’s national seed collection to a secure site

FAO and the EU support relocation of Ukraine’s national seed collection to a secure site Unique plant genetic resources have been transported over a thousand kilometres from Kharkiv to the west of…

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Frequently asked questions about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault What is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault? The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides insurance against both incremental…

Farmers and Genebanks Explore Crop Diversity in Zambia

Farmers and Genebanks Explore Crop Diversity in Zambia It’s March in Chirundu District, in Zambia’s hot and humid lowlands near its border with Zimbabwe, and the track gives way to a field of…

Farmers in Mali Go Wild for Sorghum

Farmers in Mali Go Wild for Sorghum Moïse Mounkoro held three cards in his hand – one red, one yellow and one white. He felt like he was the football umpire in his local village of Sokoro in east…

Farmers Know Best: Developing Salt-Tolerant Rice in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

Farmers Know Best: Developing Salt-Tolerant Rice in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Just like everybody needs somebody to love, every new crop variety needs a farmer. Developing better seeds that can…

Fast-Tracking Food Security Using Space Science

Fast-Tracking Food Security Using Space Science Plant breeders developing new crop varieties are finding success after shifting their gaze from the fields to the stars. Scientists at the…

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

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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.