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Are there agreements on the conservation and use of crop diversity?

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A farmer from India holds a part of her pearl millet harvest. Credit: ICRISAT
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Dryland Crops in Africa and Asia Get a Boost From Crop Trust and Germany

Agriculture in drought-prone regions took a major step forward when the Crop Trust and Germany’s federal government provided much-needed support for an international agricultural research institute focused on the drylands of...

7 Jan 2025

Rice: A Story of Heritage
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Rice: A Story of Heritage

6 Dec 2024

A display of crop diversity at the 2024 Good Seed & Food Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe. Photo: Crop Trust/Mike Major
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Best of 2024: Biodiverse Bites

This year was packed with action for crop diversity. Here’s a bite-sized roundup of stories, videos and podcasts created by the Crop Trust to raise awareness of crop diversity conservation and use. They inspired us – and...

23 Dec 2024

Building a Resilient Future With the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)

The global food system must be able to withstand challenges. Its vulnerabilities are intensified by climate change, environmental degradation and geopolitical tensions, impacting food and nutritional security around the world. We must take a transformative approach to prepare for a more resilient future, adapt our agricultural systems to the impacts of climate change and enhance sustainability in food production.

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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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Seed samples stored in genebanks

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$850m needed

$ 260 m

received

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partner institutions

 

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.

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