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Wheat regeneration at ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon. Credit: Crop Trust/Michael Major

Crop Diversity: A Solution for Today’s Hunger Crisis and Food Security Tomorrow

The world is facing three major food challenges, all at the same time. We need to produce more food, significantly improve its quality, and ensure that everyone has access to it.

Food security for all is the challenge of the 21st...

11 Dec 2024

Seeds samples in Mali packed and ready to be deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in February 2023. Photo: Institut d’Economie Rurale, Mali

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Saving the World, One Seed at a Time

24 Feb 2023

Jamal Mabrouki, ICARDA technician. Grasspea breeding at ICARDA's facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

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Sustainable Food Systems Begin with Resilient Seeds

21 Feb 2023

Small town surrounded by snowy mountains.

Another view into Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the island of Spitsbergen, which is the largest and only permanently populated of the Svalbard Archipelago. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault overlooks this serene town. (Photo: Michael Poliza/ Crop Trust)

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Taking Stock of 2022

20 Dec 2022

Africa’s Food Security Depends on Nature’s Revival

Field trials of rice established by AfricaRice breeder Negussie Zenna in Antisirabe. Dozens of different rice types from Madagascar and beyond are grown in small rows and monitored through the season. The trial includes two new cold-tolerant varieties released in the country’s highlands in 2015 through an international research effort. (Photo: Toby Smith/Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)

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