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As food supplies around the world are threatened by conflict, drought, and climate change, funding is being made available to bolster future food and nutrition security, by saving local varieties.

The Crop Trust is supporting...

45,150 seed samples from 13 genebanks added to Seed Vault The Seed Vault passes the 1.2 million seed sample mark with these new deposits Iraq and Uruguay deposit seeds for the first time CIMMYT will be the largest depositor;...

NEW DELHI, India (28 September 2022) – The Government of the United States of America has announced it is making a contribution to the Emergency Reserve, a funding mechanism established jointly by the Crop Trust and the Internatio...

19,391 seed samples from 11 genebanks will be added Largest deposit will be made by the World Vegetable Center, including seeds from Indigenous communities Spain and Lithuania depositing seeds for first time More than 1.1...

From 2011 to 2021, the Crop Wild Relatives Project brought together institutions, researchers, plant breeders, farmers and industry to collect, conserve and use the wild relatives of priority crops to help future-proof the world’s...

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In 2022, the Crop Trust refreshed its brand with an updated color palette and a new logo.

The Crop Trust logo continues to symbolize a “bank” for protecting crop diversity and the long-term funding of the global system of ex situ...

20,443 seed samples from 10 genebanks to be deposited Largest deposit being made by ICARDA genebank, which withdrew seeds in 2015 during the Syrian civil war More than 1.1 million seed samples of nearly 6,000 plant species...

BONN, Germany (30 Dec 2021) – At the beginning of 2022, World Food Prize Laureate Catherine Bertini will assume leadership of the executive board of the Crop Trust from Sir Peter Crane, FRS, who is now retiring.

“I am delighted...

Climate change, the global pandemic, pest and pathogen outbreaks, and political instability are posing ever-increasing threats to genebanks around the world In response, the Crop Trust and the Secretariat of the International...

In this deposit, 14,011 seed samples are being added from 12 genebanks from around the world. Latvia and Serbia are depositing seeds for the first time. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) remains the...