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Our Food System Isn't Ready for the Climate Crisis

The world's farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods – leaving them more vulnerable to the climate breakdown

Regaining Momentum for Agrobiodiversity Conservation at the UN Food Systems Summit

Stefan Schmitz | Crop Trust Executive Director

Giving Diversity a Chance

Giving Diversity a Chance We at the Global Crop Diversity Trust work to make sure that food has a future. So, imagine our excitement when we found that a recent edition of The…

A Year of Great Hope

2021 reflections by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director

Svalbard Global Seed Vault. (Photo: Riccardo Gangale)

Food Prices Are on the Rise – And the Global South Will Be Hit Hardest

By Stefan Schmitz, published in the Independent

With the harvest in progress outside of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, a threshing team uses flat rocks to knock rice grains from freshly cut plants. Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, holds 2.4 million farms. At harvest time, the rhythm of rice threshing can be heard on most of them. While the country is most famous for exotic products like vanilla and cloves, 85% of Malagasy farmers grow rice.

Diverse Food is the Real Low-Cost Food

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director

A Window of Opportunity for a Sustainable Future

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director

Vision for 2030: Closing the Gap Between Ideal and Reality

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director

Small-scale farming of maize crops on the cusp of harvest time south of Serenje, Zambia.

A Year Like No Other

2020 Reflections by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director

How to Feed a Growing Global Population in the Midst of a Climate Crisis

By Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of Crop Trust and Tony Simons, Director General of World Agroforestry

Small scale farms and community groups line the road from Samfya to Mansa and focus on Cassava production for local consumption and to a lesser extent starch export.

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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.