Since 2022, the Crop Trust, the International Potato Center (CIP), the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) and Fiompiana Fambolena Malagasy Norvéziana (FIFAMANOR) in Madagascar have…
In 2023, the Seeds for Resilience (SFR) Project, supported by the German Development Bank (KfW), continued its work on African crop diversity. Collaborating with five national genebanks, the project…
Launched at the COP28 in Dubai, BOLDER is an addition to the BOLD project that will support food and nutrition security across Africa. It is generously funded by the Norwegian Government with USD…
Between 2004 and 2019, the Crop Trust facilitated the development of 26 global crop conservation strategies by experts around the world. But to stay relevant, these strategies need to be regularly…
Long-term Support of Individual Genebanks Genebanks need to work together to ensure the long-term conservation, availability and use of crop diversity. Through the Global Genebank Partnership (GGP),…
In 2023, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked its 15th anniversary with notable deposits, and also ‘opened’ its doors to the world by launching a new virtual tour. The Seed Vault was first…
On the long road of conservation of crop diversity, emergencies occasionally arise, and it is then important to provide rapid assistance to genebanks facing the risk of losing their collections…
On 14 November 2023, under the patronage of the German Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Crop Trust and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture…
The 11-year Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) project, funded by the Government of Norway, came to an end in 2021 after achieving or exceeding all of the goals it had set, including releasing several new…
The project, “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance,” funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc., made major strides in…
