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Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their families. A new potato variety called CIP-Matilde, developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) with support from the Crop Trust, is the latest...

Because seeds don’t last forever, not even in genebanks, the Crop Trust and partners will help genebanks and other seed collection holders in their efforts to regenerate and back up crop diversity collections in the Svalbard...

A groundbreaking 10-year project is launching to improve food security and climate resilience globally and support livelihoods, health and wellbeing.  

“Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development,” or BOLD, a...

Stefan Schmitz | Crop Trust Executive Director

The upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) could mark a turning point for how we solve some of our most pressing global crises—if we can rise to the occasion.

Six years...

Over the last half-century, genebanks have played an essential role in safeguarding global food security for the future through the conservation of plant genetic resources.

Now, based on a review of historical data from seven...

“You need to see it to believe it,” says Viviana Barahona, agronomist and extensionist at the Chilean Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA) in Cauquenes, Chile.

“Picture this: you are standing in a yellow field, a...

Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director

As I write this, fires rage in Greece and Turkey, provoked by drought and searing heat waves. During the last couple of months, parts of Canada and the United States have also been hit by deadly...

From July 26 to 28, a wide range of stakeholders from the international community gathered at the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit to discuss pathways towards more sustainable food systems.

More than 20,000 participants...

We hear a lot about coffee being in trouble. Pests, diseases, climate change, you name it, they’re all coming for your brew. It is quite scary—for caffeine addicts like us, for the farmers who grow coffee, and for the companies...

As one of the world’s most widely produced and consumed fruits and staple foods, bananas (including plantain) are of vital importance.

But pests and diseases, such as the Tropical Race 4 fungal infection, and climate change, have...

Scientists from across the CGIAR, and its partner and donor organizations met in July 2021 to identify opportunities for enhancing use of crop germplasm collections.

Hosted by the CGIAR Genebank Platform, the workshop addressed...

The state of the global coffee industry was thrown into the public eye this summer as two of the world’s largest coffee exporters faced dire situations: drought and frost threatened crops in Brazil and surging COVID-19 cases in...