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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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First Flagship Stakeholder Meeting

First Stakeholder Meeting in Bonn to drive innovative solutions for hunger and food security.

First Global Stakeholder Discussion

First Global Stakeholder Discussion The Crop Trust's First Stakeholder Discussion was held on 16 January 2015 in Berlin, Germany, in conjunction with the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture…

Five Key Messages from "It Starts with a Seed" at GLF Climate

Five Key Messages from "It Starts with a Seed" at GLF Climate At the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference earlier this month, global leaders discussed how to best strengthen the world's ability to…

Collecting Medicago seed in regeneration plots of ICARDA Terbol. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

Five Reasons to be Excited About 2019

Five Reasons to be Excited About 2019 Marie Haga | Marie's Corner With January already well underway, the Crop Trust communications team challenged me to pick five reasons to be excited about 2019.…

Five Recipes to Make in Celebration of Sustainable Gastronomy Day

Five Recipes to Make in Celebration of Sustainable Gastronomy Day On Sustainable Gastronomy Day, the Crop Trust has linked up with its partners from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT…

Five Standout Messages from “Into the Wild” at GLF Climate

Five Standout Messages from “Into the Wild” at GLF Climate Over the past decade, withering heat waves, immense storms and extreme droughts have threatened the production of food crops around the…

In Kazakhstan, we saw 'Medicago falcata' everywhere, a yellow-flowered wild relative of alfalfa that is drought and cold tolerant. It is one of the many alfalfa Crop Wild Relatives being crossed with its domesticated counterpart, 'M. sativa', by our pre-breeding partners in China (GRI / CAAS), Chile (Inia Chile), Australia (SARDI) and, of course, Kazakhstan (KSRIAPG).

Five Ways Africa’s Opportunity Crops Can Shape the Future of Food

Five Ways Africa’s Opportunity Crops Can Shape the Future of Food Africa’s population is set to double by 2050, with cities absorbing most of that growth. At the same time, diets are changing,…

Flourishing in her Field

Flourishing in her Field Eyerusalem Arusi Morka shows what can be achieved when women have the opportunity to develop their talents. In honor of International Women’s Day, which celebrates the…

Women working at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute clearing a regeneration plot of fenugreek. The Ethiopian genebank is part of the Seeds4Resilience Project. Photo: Nora Castaneda-Alvarez/Crop Trust

Fonio: Small Grain, Big Opportunity

Food For a Curious Mind: Damaris Odeny on a Career in Agricultural Science

Food For a Curious Mind: Damaris Odeny on a Career in Agricultural Science This is part of a weekly series in honor of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science featuring interviews with…

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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.