Supercharging the Next Generation of Climate-Smart Crops in Sub-Saharan Africa
EUR 20 million project to boost genebanks’ efforts to conserve and share samples of key staple crops will drive climate resilient and diversified food production.
Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are facing the combined challenges...
27 Apr 2020
27 Apr 2020
ECPGR and the Crop Trust Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) welcome the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding for enhanced cooperation on 26 February 2020 at the...
26 Feb 2020
26 Feb 2020
Seeds from Royal Estate go to Kew and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Seeds from Royal Estate go to Kew and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Effort to Tackle Global Food Security
Hand-picked from the Wildflower meadow at Highgrove, the seeds represent plants that are disappearing from the UK...
25 Feb 2020
25 Feb 2020
Major Seed Deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Longyearbyen
SVALBARD (25 February, 2020) - Today, 35 genebanks from all continents deposited seeds at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, at a deposit event hosted by Norwegian Prime Minister and co-chair of the UN group of SDG Advocates, Erna...
25 Feb 2020
25 Feb 2020
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...
2 Dec 2019
2 Dec 2019
Crop Trust Appoints New Executive Director
Bonn, Germany (12th November 2019) – The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) announced today the appointment of Dr. Stefan Schmitz as its next Executive Director. Dr. Schmitz will take up his position in early 2020,...
12 Nov 2019
12 Nov 2019
Germany Comes Through Again
BONN, GERMANY, October 2019 – Once again, global efforts to protect crop diversity can thank the Government of Germany for a much-needed boost. A grant of EUR 10 million from the German Development Bank (KfW) to the Global Crop...
29 Oct 2019
29 Oct 2019
Poland, Slovakia Now Among Depositors to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
21 October 2019, SVALBARD, NORWAY – Having made the trek from Europe and Africa to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, approximately 30,000 seed samples have a new home.
Today, they join nearly one million others in the...
21 Oct 2019
21 Oct 2019
Crop Trust Remembers Tim Fischer, Former Executive Board Chair
22 August 2019 – It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of our former Executive Board Chair and long-time agrobiodiversity advocate, Tim Fischer AC. Tim passed away on Wednesday night surrounded by family. He...
22 Aug 2019
22 Aug 2019
#CropsInColor Welcomes the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Food Tank, and the Tastes of Appalachia
The Crop Trust’s global #CropsInColor campaign, with additional support from the Oak Spring Garden, and with Food Tank as an official media partner, has as its next stop: the richly diverse mountains of the southeastern United...
21 Aug 2019
21 Aug 2019
From Central America to the World: Protecting the Future of Coffee
Crop Trust-led study will help ensure the long-term conservation and availability of the world’s only international coffee collection
The future of the global coffee industry could be found in Turrialba, Costa Rica, where some...
16 Jul 2019
16 Jul 2019
Trouble Brewing for Tea?
Brits will celebrate National Tea Day on 21 April, but few realize that the tea plant is facing a range of challenges, from climate change to poor conservation
BONN, GERMANY – 17 April 2019 – Britain is a nation of tea drinkers...
16 Apr 2019
16 Apr 2019