Two research studies conducted as part of the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project have won awards for excellence after appearing in a special issue of the U.S. journal Crop Science 🌱 last year.

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Digitalization brings to light many old tomato herbarium specimens. 🍅
They show that tomatoes entered Europe in different colors, shapes, and sizes.

Mistery: did they originate from Mexico or from Peru?
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Missed the latest GROW webinar in the new series?

Dr. Peter Wenzl Peter Wenzl, genetic resources program leader at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT #FutureSeeds genebank, shared his experience in building a LEED platinum-certified genebank.

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Stefan Schmitz (Crop Trust) calling to invest more in diversification of agrifood systems, citing an impact study (⁦International Potato Center⁩) on the economic benefits of a single potato variety in Uganda covering the total investment in its Genebank since its creation #FoodPrize22

'We need to collect and conserve as much germ plasm as possible before it is lost forever, because one of those seeds can have the traits and answers to unpredictable challenges in the future.' - Stefan Schmitz, The Crop Trust #FoodPrize22

Starting now: Financing and Investments for Climate Action and Food System Transformation

Our roundtables bring together diverse voices from across industries to discuss big issues in climate, food and agriculture.

Catch the session on Accelevents!

The Crop Trust team of genebank reviewers visited National Biodiversity Centre Serbithang and Bhutan National Genebank as part of the #BOLDcwr project.
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We are #hiring !

The Crop Trust seeks an outstanding candidate for the Head of Executive Office position.

The candidate will assume primary responsibility for the Trust’s managerial, governance and administrative undertakings.

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The incredible beauty of apples! 🍎🍏

A new book 'Plant Genetic Resources for the 21st Century: The OMICS Era,' presents the point of view of researchers working in the #genebanks , genetics resources and germplasm for enabling plant breeding and adaptation to a changing climate.

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Dr DK Yadava (Assistant Director General) & Dr TR Sharma (Deputy Director General) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. deposited 2180 accessions of wheat core & 887 accessions from chickpea core from Indian National Genebank ICAR-NBPGR as safety duplicates at the
Svalbard Seed Vault
PlantTreaty The Crop Trust

„Crop Trust is a climate change organisation“ says Cary Fowler , Special Envoy for Global Food Security at US State Department at #FoodPrize22

The Crop Trust's grant supports organizations worldwide that protect the diversity of food crops and their wild relatives by helping them duplicate and secure seeds in the Svalbard Svalbard Seed Vault.

#BOLDcwr
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Two research studies conducted as part of the Crop Trust’s Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project have won awards for excellence after appearing in a special issue of the U.S. journal Crop Science 🌱 last year.

Find out more 👉buff.ly/3eeqKwN

Stored in rows of steel shelves lined with glass test tubes and dried in airtight packets in a huge fridge chilled at minus 20 degrees Celsius, the Future Seeds #genebank houses a collection of 67,000 samples.

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Missed the latest GROW webinar in the new series?

Dr. Peter Wenzl Peter Wenzl, genetic resources program leader at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT #FutureSeeds genebank, shared his experience in building a LEED platinum-certified genebank.

Watch it here 👉buff.ly/3CB0bu5