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Power of Diversity Funding Facility Stakeholders Choose their Opportunity Crops
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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

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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

Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time
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Vania Azevedo: Building a Legacy, One Genebank at a Time

In this edition of our Seed Heroes series, we salute Brazilian scientist Dr Vania Azevedo, who was just tapped to lead CGIAR’s global genebanks. In her previous job, her tireless advocacy for crop diversity helped create...

8 Oct 2025

New Climate-Resilient Alfalfa Gives Hope to Drought-Stricken Farmers in Kazakhstan
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New Climate-Resilient Alfalfa Gives Hope to Drought-Stricken Farmers in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan releases its first drought- and heat-tolerant variety of alfalfa, one of the world’s most important feed crops.  Developed thanks to wild relatives seeds stored in local and global genebanks, the new variety...

9 Oct 2025

International Coffee Day: Rediscovering Coffee Diversity with CATIE’s William Solano
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International Coffee Day: Rediscovering Coffee Diversity with CATIE’s William Solano

Pumpkin spice lattes, oat milk cappuccinos, flavored cold brews – coffee trends come and go. But behind every new flavor sensation is something much deeper: the diversity of the coffee plant itself. And that diversity is under...

30 Sep 2025

The Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants Launches to Strengthen Global Food Security
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The Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants Launches to Strengthen Global Food Security

The New York Botanical Garden and partners have launched the Global Conservation Consortium for Food Plants (GCCFP). This new initiative brings together botanical gardens, genebanks, research institutions and other partners to...

25 Sep 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.

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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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