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Global_Strategy_Tea-1.pdf

A GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND USE OF TEA GENETIC RESOURCES Paula J. Bramel and Liang Chen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The development of this strategy would not have been possible without the…

Go BOLD or Go Home

Launched in September 2021, Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) is a 10-year project, that builds on the successes and achievements of the Crop Wild Relatives Project…

Gollin_GROW_webinar_20_May_2021.pdf

Who Needs Seeds? New Genetic Technologies and Old Seed Morgues Douglas Gollin Professor of Development Economics Oxford University GROW Webinar 20 May 2021 D. Gollin (2021) Who Needs Seeds? GROW…

Good Genes

Good Genes 17 April 2017 -- Fresh Cup Magazine reports on the Crop Trust's Coffee Conservation Strategy, a partnership with World Coffee Research and the story of the Geisha coffee variety. Lush…

Grain Central: Global Insecurity Means Food Security Paramount - Schmitz

Grain Central: Global Insecurity Means Food Security Paramount - Schmitz Now is the time to invest in crop conservation and use it to hedge against the uncertainty caused by instability, conflict,…

Australian Grains Genebank leader Dr Sally Norton, Crop Trust executive director Dr Stefan Schmitz, and Crawford Fund director Dr Tony Gregson. Photo: Australian Grains Genebank

Grasspea Innovation Shines in Ghent

Grasspea Innovation Shines in Ghent In June, the picturesque city of Ghent, Belgium, gathered grasspea fans and experts at the inaugural International Lathyrus Day. Organized by the Fernand…

A group picture of the participants of the Grasspea Day in Ghent

Greece

Greece has a population of over 10.7 million. Poor soil, inadequate levels of precipitation and a landholding system that has increased the number of unproductive smallholdings have hampered…

Greener Grows the Alfalfa in Chile

Greener Grows the Alfalfa in Chile “You need to see it to believe it,” says Viviana Barahona, agronomist and extensionist at the Chilean Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) in…

At Estancia Los Niños, Rene Milicevic shows us one of the three 60+ year old alfalfas that Jorge Ivelic from INIA collected in Magallanes [growing behind the ‘daisy’]. This unique sample is now included in the Crop Wild Relatives pre-breeding trials at INIA Kampenaike. Tolerance to drought and frost are traits that researchers are looking for in Magallanes. In the central part of Chile, researchers are searching for drought and heat tolerance. Photo: LS Salazar/Crop Trust

Greenpass Puts Germplasm Distribution in the Fast Lane

Greenpass Puts Germplasm Distribution in the Fast Lane The crop diversity in CGIAR's international genebanks continues to be in great demand. That's music to the ears of genebank managers, who…

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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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