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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 (2 September, 2021) -- The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) and the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) strengthened their partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conserve and make...

BONN, Germany (8 June 2021) – Germany and the Crop Trust are expanding their cooperation to help safeguard global crop diversity in perpetuity. In addition to the funding provided to the Crop Trust for the long-term support of...

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...

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...

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...

­­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...

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...

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...

From sheep food to chili peppers – seed deposit at Arctic Vault takes the world one step closer to future food security

BONN, GERMANY - 23, May 2016 - Institutes from around the world made deposits to the Svalbard Global Seed...

Global conference to support food security

Governments and private sector organizations met in Washington DC today to make a joint commitment to combat world hunger by safeguarding crop diversity, a prerequisite for global food...

Over 70% of essential crop wild relative species in urgent need of collection, says new research - a first of its kind, global mapping project reveals gaps in wild crop genetic diversity for agriculture to adapt to future climate...

The University of Okayama in Japan and Seed Savers Exchange, an American NGO based in Iowa, deposited yesterday important samples of barley, tomato, and other vegetables into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 

Seeds deposited...

Heritage seeds preserved in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault return to re-establish international collection vital for a food-secure future

Precious seeds that had originally been sent by the International Center for Agricultural...

Global efforts to preserve biodiversity receive Royal endorsement

16 October 2015 - World Food Day - The cause of biodiversity conservation has been boosted on World Food Day by news that His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales,...