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Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast: Dr Stefan Schmitz on the Crop Trust’s Mission
In the latest episode of the Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast, Dr Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust, joins host Kat Morgan for a wide-ranging conversation recorded during Climate Week NYC 2025. Together, they...
27 Oct 2025
Morocco’s Genebank Steps Up: From Settat to Svalbard
In a wheat field an hour’s drive south of Casablanca, Dr Ali Sahri and his team pose for a photo as the swaying spikes tickle their legs. Behind their smiles lies an awesome responsibility: to safeguard Morocco’s unique crop...
24 Oct 2025
Celebration Meets Urgency at Latest Seed Vault Opening in Svalbard
LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY, 22 October 2025 – Twenty genebanks representing every continent bar Antarctica deposited more than 21,000 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week. Among them were new contributors from the...
22 Oct 2025
Ecuador’s Model Genebank
Ecuador may be small in size, but it’s big in biodiversity. With landscapes that stretch from the Amazon to the Andes and even include the Galápagos Islands, this South American country is home to many plants and animals found...
20 Oct 2025
TIME Names Svalbard Global Seed Vault Among 25 Iconic Inventions
TIME has named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault one of the 25 most iconic inventions of the past quarter century.
“Superman had it right: if you want to keep something safe, build a mountain fortress above the Arctic Circle,” TIME...
9 Oct 2025
Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops
As the world marks World Food Day on 16 October, the Crop Trust’s Power of Diversity Funding Facility highlights the results of national consultations with stakeholders to identify opportunity crops that boost nutrition,...
14 Oct 2025
Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come
What makes us resilient? What enables us to overcome hardships no matter the crisis? Diversity is what enables us to bounce back from challenges. And it’s that way for our agriculture as well.
Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security
The Crop Trust is the only organization in the world that focuses solely on building and supporting a global system of genebanks for the conservation of crop diversity.
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