May 22, 2023

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Conserving biodiversity at East-West Seed - The current status of biodiversity is a matter of great concern

November 23, 2021

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China's crop germplasm resources census shows advantages, challenges for seed security (Global Times)

November 15, 2021

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In the age of hybrid crops, the importance of preserving landraces (The Indian Express)

October 22, 2021

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An interview with the Director of the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), India's largest plant gene bank (Krishi Jagran)

June 24, 2021

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A helping hand to reboot seed conservation in the Philippines

June 30, 2020

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A haven of diversity - A look at a genebank for Pacific crops and trees

May 26, 2020

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Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The  Counter)

May 18, 2020

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The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Seed Vault
Il Trattato Internazionale e il Deposito Globale di Semi delle Isole Svalbard

March 24, 2020

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‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director

February 24, 2020

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World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations

December 3, 2019

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Wild plants from four continents deliver climate change lifeline for xrops - Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food

November 14, 2019

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New tool to help local crop varieties flourish - FAO publishes Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties/Landraces

November 11, 2019

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Global treaty critical for saving disappearing plants amid climate change - FAO calls for greater support for plant genepool and the Fund which support millions of farmers around the world

November 8, 2019

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The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino

October 10, 2019

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Heirloom crops, indigenous varieties are making a comeback - Many of India's indigenous varieties had slowly disappeared with the rise of hybrid seeds (The Economic Times)

September 13, 2019

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Can the gene editing technology known as CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide? Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right (Ensia)

August 15, 2019

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Time to seed the world

April 7, 2019

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India's Biological Diversity Act: Beware the regulatory maze (IPWatchdog)

March 28, 2019

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SPGRC in Zambia urge all the world’s gene banks to use the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

March 21, 2019

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Biopiracy: The misuse of patenting systems at the disadvantage of local communities

February 22, 2019

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The biodiversity that is crucial for our food and agriculture is disappearing by the day - FAO launches the first-ever global report on the state of biodiversity that underpins our food systems

February 6, 2019

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A very small number of crops are dominating globally - That's bad news for sustainable agriculture

January 24, 2019

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Le roi des fèves - Grâce à des années de collecte de spécimens de haricots issus du monde entier, un ingénieur a constitué, en Colombie, une gigantesque banque de semences (Courrier international)

February 23, 2018

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Save the seeds - and the living plants we eat and use - Svalbard seed vault is the apex of a global network to protecting plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

November 15, 2017

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The global partnership working around the clock to save wild relatives of major crops (Food Tank) 

November 13, 2017

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International seed sector renews commitment to genetic resources 

July 14, 2017

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Nepal - Many of the estimated 1,700 varieties of rice that have evolved to suit the country's micro-climates and soils are now in danger of becoming extinct (Nepali Times)

May 22, 2017

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Royal Botanic Gardens releases The State of the World's Plants Report 2017 - 1,730 new plant species discovered, including foods of the future

April 11, 2017

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An international plant genetics is critical to the Australian grains industry (Weekly Times Now)

January 11, 2017

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The Crop Trust - A look back on 2016