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The Africa Report: Safeguarding Africa’s Diverse Food Crop Seed Collections Against Climate Threats

12 Jun 2024

A genebank worker wheels seeds through the AfricaRice genebank in Côte d’Ivoire, where the largest collection of African rice varieties in the world is safeguarded. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

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Devex: How Genebanks Act as Guardians Against Climate Uncertainty

11 Jun 2024

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BBC: How Crops Are Being Disaster-proofed

14 May 2024

Coopérative Tradi Bio Malika, a women’s cooperative dedicated to making products from grains, in Beni-Mella, Morocco. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

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Reuters: Crop Trust Seeks More Funding to Protect Global Seed Diversity

20 Apr 2024

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Reuters: Svalbard’s doomsday vault gets record batch of global crop seeds

28 Feb 2024

How Rice Hidden by a Woman Fleeing Slavery in the 1700s Could Help Her Descendants

Some types of rice are for the Saamaka’s staple foods but some, such as these darker ones, are reserved for traditional ceremonies, funerals and ritual offerings by Maroon communities. Photograph: Bram Ebus/The Guardian

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