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Seeds from Palestine are carried into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Seed Vault provides a safe haven, supporting global initiatives to preserve crop diversity against climate threats and geopolitical challenges. Credit: Jonatan Jacobson/NordGen
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The New York Times: The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds

29 Oct 2024

The Crop Trust team visits the World Vegetable Center
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Food Tank: From Neglect to Nourishment - Africa’s New Plan to Revitalize Vegetable Biodiversity

17 Sep 2024

Forbes: Top Banana - America’s Favorite Fruit Confronts An Uncertain Future
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Forbes: Top Banana - America’s Favorite Fruit Confronts An Uncertain Future

3 Jul 2024

Stefan Schmitz headshot
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Not Just K-crops on Korean Dinner Tables

12 Jun 2023

Harvesting rice in Cao Phong DistrictHarvesting rice in Cao Phong District, Hoa Binh, Vietnam. Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust
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123 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2023

30 Dec 2022

Woman cookingWoman making Msemen from wheat at roadside café in Tamallalt, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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How Changing Diets Leave Us Exposed to War, Extreme Weather and Market Turbulence

21 Dec 2022

Rice terraces at different stages of maturity in a Betsileo village. Betsileo communities in the central highlands are especially renowned for their advanced rice farming. Wherever a flat surface exists – or can be built – rice can be planted. The farmers sow a wide assortment of local types at different times, employing irrigation to grow some in the dry season and waiting for the rainy season to plant others. This diversity is all at once a source of efficiency, security, cultural identity, and pride.Complex rice terraces irrigated by streams are in various states of harvest. The Betsileo communities are famous for their intricate landscaping stretching high into the hills. (Photo Credit: Toby Smith/Reportage by Getty Images for The Global Crop Diversity Trust).
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Biodiversity protection “window of opportunity is closing,” warn scientists at COP15

16 Dec 2022

Farmer working in rice fields.A farmer tends to rice paddies at the Maname experimental farm in Tolima, where different varieties of exotic rice destined for Colombian restaurants are tested under local conditions. (Photo: Juan Arredondo/ Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)
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‘Without Nature, We Have Nothing’: Un Chief Sounds Alarm at Key Un Biodiversity Event

6 Dec 2022

More Funding Needed for Climate Adaptation, as Risks MountThe International Rice Research Institute. IRRI is the world’s premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science; improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and consumers; and protecting the rice-growing environment for future generations. (Photo: Brent Stirton/ Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)
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More Funding Needed for Climate Adaptation, as Risks Mount

4 Nov 2022

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