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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,...

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...

­­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...

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...

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...

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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...

18th March 2018 - Bonn, Germany - The Crop Trust Executive Board has unanimously elected Vice Chair, Sir Peter Crane FRS, President of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, to succeed Tim Fischer AC, former Deputy Prime Minister of...

Massive rice collection to receive permanent financial backing, saving almost all known varieties of rice crops, forever

 (SINGAPORE – 12 October 2018) – THE WORLD’S LARGEST rice collection is to receive permanent funding for the...

11 October 2018 - Makers of the award-winning board game, Catan have come up with a fun new way to learn about the importance of crop conservation, while also raising money for the Crop Trust.

The standard Catan base game...

A Sensory Journey of Our Food Crops

BONN, Germany, September 2018 – Today, the Crop Trust launches the second phase of #CropsInColor, an image-led storytelling campaign that celebrates crop diversity around the world.

Phase II,...

(BONN, GERMANY – 27th June 2018) - Australia’s former Deputy Prime Minister, Tim Fischer, has been elected for a second term as Executive Board Chair of the Crop Trust.

Tim received endorsement to serve until 2020, during a...

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(SVALBARD, NORWAY – 26th February 2018) - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will mark its 10th anniversary today by receiving shipments of over 70,000 crop varieties at the storage facility in Norway.

The deposits will take the...

Seven scientists received an inaugural Legacy Award for dedicating their careers to crop conservation

SVALBARD, NORWAY (25 February 2018) -- As part of the 10th anniversary of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the Crop Trust...

LONDON, UK (25th January, 2018) – His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will host a reception for “forgotten foods” to help raise awareness of the importance of crop diversity and the need to safeguard it.

The event, Food...

BONN, GERMANY, October 20, 2017 – Australia’s Former Deputy Prime Minister, Timothy Andrew Fischer, has been named the next Executive Board Chair of the Crop Trust. Fischer will officially assume this new role on January 1, 2018. ...

BONN, GERMANY, 12 October 2017 – Global efforts to protect crop diversity have been boosted by a €50 million loan from the German Development Bank (KfW) to the Global Crop Diversity Trust’s endowment fund, which was created to...

SVALBARD, NORWAY (13 September 2017) – Last week, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) deposited more than 7,500 seed samples for safekeeping in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. At the same...

Our partners at the International Potato Center (CIP) discuss genebanks, the world’s insurance policy against hunger, in their latest blog post.

CIP is one of the 11 CGIAR genebanks the Crop Trust supports throught the CGIAR...