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Sir Peter Crane's Reflections on the Last Year

After three years as Chair of the Executive Board of the Crop Trust, Sir Peter Crane is retiring and Catherine Bertini, a World Food Prize Laureate, will assume leadership. In his final letter in the Crop Trust annual report,...

14 Jun 2022

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Seed Collection Continues to Blossom

Two genebanks joined the growing number of depositors to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week and varieties of rice bean, lablab and yard-long bean from an Indigenous community were safely backed up for the first time.

In...

10 Jun 2022

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Athlete Michael Haddad Reaches Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Endurance athlete Michael Haddad successfully completed his journey to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Tuesday, delivering a "package of hope" containing seeds and a book by Pope Francis to the world's largest backup facility...

8 Jun 2022

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Crop Trust Annual Report Released: A Look Back at a Year of Change

The Crop Trust's 2021 annual report is now available. In his letter, Executive Director Stefan Schmitz reflects on a year of change and some of the key achievements and milestones the organization reached.  

Read the full annual...

6 Jun 2022

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Endurance Athlete Michael Haddad to Deliver ICARDA Seeds to Svalbard

Endurance Athlete Michael Haddad is on his way to deliver seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault through his Arctic Walk for Climate Resilience and Food Security. 

The United Nations Development Program Regional Goodwill...

2 Jun 2022

ICRISAT’s Damaris Odeny. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust
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Accessible Software for Accessible Seeds

As any plant breeder and researcher will tell you, it’s all about the data. It’s the data that allows them to make smart choices about the crops they breed, speeding up the process of getting new varieties into farmers’ fields and...

25 May 2022

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New ICARDA Morocco Genebank Set to Open

On May 18th, 2022, the new International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) Morocco genebank is set to officially open in Rabat, Morocco.

This state-of-the-art facility safely stores one of the world's...

16 May 2022

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Cary Fowler Appointed U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security

The Crop Trust is delighted to congratulate its former Executive Director Cary Fowler on his new role as the United State’s Special Envoy for Global Food Security.

This comes amidst heightened awareness about food insecurity...

6 May 2022

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Introducing the New Rhodes College Fellow

Maya Searle, a senior health equity major from Knoxville, TN, has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler ’71. The fellowship is made possible through the generosity of Steve and Riea...

20 Apr 2022

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‘Diversity Trees’ Shed Light on Gaps in Genebank Seed Collections

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2.5 calls on the world to maintain the genetic diversity of food. This includes cultivated plants, domesticated livestock and their related wild species.

The goal’s formal deadline...

13 Apr 2022

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The Crop Trust Welcomes Dr. Sarada Krishnan as Director of Programs

The Global Crop Diversity Trust is excited to announce that, after a thorough and competitive recruitment process, Dr. Sarada Krishnan has been selected for the position of Director of Programs.

 

Dr. Krishnan joins the Crop...

21 Mar 2022

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