Crop Trust

22 October 2024, Bolivia: A 400-year-old university in Bolivia is set to become the latest depositor to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault,

In this instalment of our Seed Heroes series, we celebrate the work of Geoffrey Hawtin OBE, a co-recipient of the

04 October 2024, Africa: Sweetpotato plays a crucial role in combating food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa. However, its genetic diversity is under

04 October 2024, Germany: At face value, it’s hard to understand the potential of seeds. Often only a few millimeters in

27 September 2024, Germany: Right at the start of settled agriculture and even before that, 12,000 years ago when hunting and gathering

30 August 2024, Germany: This month, Melinda Smale enters the pantheon of Seed Heroes for her influential research on the economic value of crop diversity, helping

27 August 2024, Mexico: Crop wild relatives that have survived changing climates for millions of years may provide the solution to adapting

16 August 2024, Germany: When the soldiers of Athens routed Darius’ Persian army at Marathon in 490 BCE, Greece gained more than

28 July 2024, Germany: Durum wheat is the behind-the-scenes star of the culinary world. Sure, it’s used in all sorts of dishes

24 July 2024, Germany: It’s April. Night is falling in Agadir, a coastal Moroccan city bordering the southern Atlantic coast, and Anna