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May 21, 2025


Quirky corn, peculiar peas and our food security (BBC News / Yahoo! News)


May 20, 2025


Jack Harlan: Sounding the alarm on crop diversity loss


May 19, 2025


Argentina - Leonardo Togno, un “curador de semillas” del INTA, colecciona variedades de hortalizas como si fueran figuritas: “Nos ayuda a tener respuesta a futuro”, asegura (Bichos de campo)


May 13, 2025


Building a stronger genebank network, one connection at a time


May 1, 2025


Las semillas del futuro: el legado vivo que custodia y comparte el CIMMYT


April 18, 2025


Seeds and storms: Safeguarding the Philippines’ crop diversity against climate change


April 11, 2025


From genebank shelves to farmers’ fields In Pakistan


March 28, 2025


Inaugural International Svalbard Dialogue: saving seeds for the long haul


March 19, 2025


Giving crops an opportunity: The Crop Trust launches the Power of Diversity Funding Facility


March 18, 2025


How digital tools help us conserve the world’s seeds — and use them


March 4, 2025


The Guardians of Diversity: The work of Carolina Sansaloni, Curator of the Wheat Collection at CIMMYT


February 25, 2025


U.S. gene banks, key to new crops, hobbled by Trump job cuts (Science)


February 24, 2025


La biodiversité a besoin de nous tous, ensemble agissons pour sa préservation !


February 11, 2025


Guardianas de la diversidad: La labor de Carolina Sansaloni, Carolina Sansaloni, curadora de la Colección de Trigo en el Banco de Germoplasma y especialista en Genotipificación, CIMMYT


February 5, 2025


Åsmund Asdal: Farmers’ son who opens the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to the world


November 28, 2024


Cultivating collaboration: Engaging the food processing industry on global action for crop diversity


November 12, 2024


The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank - During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents – and hunger (The Guardian)


November 11, 2024


COP16 recap: new fund, indigenous rights and Colombia’s Treaty step


November 1, 2024


This year's World Food Prize underscores the value of seed banks and their stewards (Iowa Public Radio)


October 31, 2024


Value of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) in global genomics research must be heard at COP16


October 30, 2024


The genetic revolution can support food security, tackle the climate crisis and protect biodiversity - At World Food Prize 2024, FAO Director-General champions ways science and innovation can contribute to transforming agrifood systems and bring people and cultures closer together


October 9, 2024


European project "Pro-Wild" to protect and promote crop wild relatives launched
Lancement du projet européen Pro-Wild : protéger et promouvoir les espèces sauvages apparentées aux plantes cultivées


August 23, 2024


The generational impact of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault


July 29, 2024


Possible future crop wild relatives reserves? Inventories in Denmark and Åland show areas rich in valuable genetic resources


July 26, 2024


Pollen banking is a critical need for conserving plant diversity (Nature)


July 9, 2024


Política pública fortalece a conservação e o uso de recursos genéticos para alimentação e agropecuária no Brasil


July 1, 2024


Biodiversity: a heritage of seeds to preserve


20 years of saving and sharing the seeds that feed the world: A conversation with International Treaty Secretary Kent Nnadozie


June 27, 2024


The A.E. Watkins landrace collection of bread wheat: Who was AE Watkins?


‘Gold mine’ of century-old wheat varieties could help breeders restore long lost traits - Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors (Science)


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