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From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.
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From 100 to Four: Favorites in Focus for BOLDER Opportunity Crops
BOLDER Project Stakeholders Meet to Identify 15 Underutilized Species for Conservation and Use
Over 250 farmers, genebank experts, government representatives, and private-sector partners gathered in Benin, Ghana, Tanzania and...
14 Apr 2025
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Crop Trust Joins VACS Implementer's Group to Strengthen Response to Global Hunger and Malnutrition With Opportunity Crops
Texcoco, Mexico, July 11, 2024 – The Crop Trust, a global organization dedicated to the conservation of crop diversity, is proud to announce its membership in the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) Implementer's Group. The...
11 Jul 2024
Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open
On 19 September, scientists, policymakers and other crop diversity enthusiasts, flocked to Mindspace in Williamsburg, one of Brooklyn’s foodiest neighborhoods, to address one of the most pressing challenges of our time—how to...
22 Sep 2023
Nuts About Peanuts
The peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), also known as groundnut, is native to South America but is now grown throughout the tropics and subtropics. There, this delicious legume is a subsistence crop for many, as well as an important...
16 Feb 2023
Wild Plants from Four Continents Deliver Climate Change Lifeline for Crops
Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food.
Bonn, Germany and Washington, DC (3 DECEMBER 2019)—As the world grapples with the challenge of sustainably...
12 Mar 2019