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Marking the First 15 Years of Forever The Crop Trust was founded in October 2004, with a goal to help build a global system of crop diversity conservation and use, and to fund it through an Endowment…

Pre-Breeding Work With Grasspea and Finger Millet Gets a Boost Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving…

2019 World Food Prize celebrates Simon N. Groot, and the diversity of tropical vegetables The 33rd annual edition of the World Food Prize has been awarded to Simon N. Groot, founder of the seed…

How Do We Estimate the Consequences of Global Inaction on Genetic Diversity Conservation, Exchange, and Use? By Luigi Guarino, David Spielman, and Keith Wiebe Target 2.5 of the Sustainable…

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New Beginnings Marie Haga | Marie's Corner After very careful consideration and with a heavy heart, I have decided to resign from my position as Executive Director of the Crop Trust. I have been…

In Vietnam: Farmers Evaluate Wild Rice-derived Lines We recently visited our Crop Wild Relatives partners at the Mekong Delta Development Research Institute, Can Tho University,…

Show Me the Non-monetary Benefits Luigi Guarino | Director of Science Whenever the subject of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) comes up, I…

Wild Relatives: Not Just in Your Family Marie Haga | Marie's Corner Most of us have some wild relatives in our families. I can think of some in my own. It’s the same with crops – they too have their…

Forward and Upward: Spirit of our GOAL Workshop in Latin America Marie Haga | Marie's Corner When you hear the word ‘quality’ what comes to mind? This was the question posed by Janny van Beem, the…