The Crop Trust is a non-profit international organization dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever, for the benefit of everyone.

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.

We seek professionals with a passion for global food security and a strong drive to contribute to our mission of conserving crop diversity for future generations.

Genebanks and Seed Systems

Grant No

WP3 and WP7 Norway NMBU

Project Description

The overall objective of the BOLD Project is to enable national genebanks to take the lead in providing smallholder farmers in DAC/ODA countries with more diverse crops, in order to improve food and nutritional security and the climate resilience of seed and food systems. Global public goods will be translated into benefits at the national level by assisting national genebanks in obtaining, safeguarding, and using novel crop diversity, better manage their crop diversity collections, and back up materials safely in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) will be the major research and coordinating partner for WP3, because of its expertise in seed systems characterization and development. It has a successful history of collaboration with the Crop Trust.

Institute Name

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway (NMBU)

Institute Country

Norway

List of Countries

Norway

Program Name

BOLD

Donor

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Start Date

23rd of August 2021

End Date

31st of December 2024

Status

On-Going