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Breakthroughs in Breeding Grasspea and Finger Millet

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…

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Breathing New Life into the Global Crop Conservation Strategies

The Crop Trust kicks off a new project funded by the German government.

Breathing New Life into the Global Crop Conservation Strategies

Global Crop Conservation Strategies guide global conservation of genetic resources for key crops. Three new strategies were published in 2021 and drafts of four more were completed.

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Brewing up a Genebank Success Story

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

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Brewing up a Genebank Success Story

Brewing up a Genebank Success Story Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs I collect stories about genebanks making a difference. Well, somebody has to, and it’s kind of my job.  I…

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Bringing Diversity Back to Maize

Bringing Diversity Back to Maize 6,700 years ago the ancient Peruvians were eating popcorn – 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a study by the Museum of Natural History in…

Maize diversity. (Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust)

Brushing Off Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Brushing Off Biotic and Abiotic Stresses New varieties of pearl millet that are more resilient to the effects of climate change are off to a promising start, a new study shows. Pearl millet is an…

Building a Global Genebank Partnership

Strengthening a rational, efficient and effective global system of ex situ crop diversity conservation.

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Building BOLDly on Success

Launched in September 2021, Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) is a 10-year project, funded by the Government of Norway, that will build on the successes and…

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