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The Vavilov Collection Connection

The Vavilov Collection Connection This week, the Crop Trust's Executive Board holds its semi-annual meeting at the N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) in St. Petersburg, Russia.…

The Vavilov Institute recognized the Crop Trust’s contribution to its work last November when it presented Marie Haga with its N.I. Vavilov Medal. The medal was awarded for “exceptional contribution to the cause of preservation of the Vavilov global collection of plant genetic resources for the present and future generations.”

The Vault for Global Food Security

The Vault for Global Food Security Sayanti Sengupta | seventeen goals Magazine The world population has been growing by leaps and bounds. How do we then ensure food security for all in the face of…

The Trees That Make Their Own Climate

The Trees That Make Their Own Climate Sosthene Ahongeze, 52, always knew the time for planting and harvesting, and planned accordingly. Having spent many decades as a smallholder farmer, the…

The Templeton Pre-Breeding Project

The Crop Trust – Templeton Project is built on a mutual goal to improve food security for some of the world’s most vulnerable smallholders in the context of a changing climate.

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The Sweetpotato Project

Sweetpotato is a nutritious staple across Africa, but its diversity is under threat. To safeguard it forever, partners are coming together to ​test​ a model that could work not only for sweetpotato…

Sweetpotato multiplication for genebank. International Potato Center (CIP), Lima Peru. Photo Michael Major for Crop Trust

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Twenty-two genebanks, including two new ones, added nearly 51,000 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in 2021.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

In 2022, no fewer than 30 genebanks from 28 countries deposited a total of nearly 85,000 seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

The Summer Edition 2016

Marie Haga | Marie’s Corner

The Summer Edition 2016

The Summer Edition 2016 Marie Haga | Marie's Corner We have decided to collect our main activities during the months of June and July and present you with a summer Newsletter edition. I hope you…

The Squashes of Autumn, From Domestication to Dessert

The Squashes of Autumn, From Domestication to Dessert Words by Paul Cox for #CropsInColor Photos by Luis Salazar, Crop Trust In a field at dawn, Petra Page-Mann is picking squash. Although…

Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust
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