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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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Saving the World, One Seed at a Time

Saving the World, One Seed at a Time You know how some superheroes work silently and selflessly behind the scenes to save the world from an unseen threat? Genebank staff are a bit like that. They…

Building a Toolbox of Sorghum Diversity

Building a Toolbox of Sorghum Diversity The wild, weedy relatives of our cultivated crops display all kinds of useful traits their domesticated cousins lack – traits that could make our agriculture…

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2022-10-06_GROWTH_seminar.pdf

What it takes to build an ecoefficient genebank for the 21st century: experiences and lessons learned Peter Wenzl, Marcela Santaella, Luis G Santos, Gerardo Gallego, Mónica Vélez, Ericson Aranzales,…

Maxted_GROW_Talk.pdf

How can genebanks double the diversity available for plant breeding? Nigel Maxted Crop Trust GROW Webinar 2022 8th December at 15:00 CET n.maxted@bham.ac.uk What Are Genetic Resources and why…

GROW Webinar: How Can Genebanks Double the Diversity Available for Plant Breeding?

GROW Webinar: How Can Genebanks Double the Diversity Available for Plant Breeding? !! Please note the changed date: due to unforeseeable circumstances the GROW webinar is postposed to 8 December…

The Biodiversity Gift

The Biodiversity Gift Wambui Mbichi, host of the Farm to Table KE podcast, recently spoke to the Crop Trust's Nora Castañeda. Nora spoke about biodiversity and its contribution to food and…

Tracing the Ancestry of Groundnuts in Malawi

Tracing the Ancestry of Groundnuts in Malawi Take Home Messages Genebanks can provide plant breeders with the genetic diversity they need to improve crops. Several improved groundnut varieties…

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Urgent Action Needed as Farmer Varieties Disappear from Use

Urgent Action Needed as Farmer Varieties Disappear from Use A team of genebank specialists recently reviewed national crop genebanks in Uganda and Tanzania as part of the Biodiversity for…

BOLD funding for GridScore and Germinate

BOLD funding for GridScore and Germinate The Crop Trust's BOLD project has awarded the James Hutton Institute with funding to further develop its innovative software to support global food security…

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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.

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