Grasspea Innovation Shines in Ghent
28 June 2024, Ghent: In June, the picturesque city of Ghent, Belgium, gathered grasspea fans and experts at the inaugural International Lathyrus
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Crop Trust
Grasspea: A Story of Security
14 June 2024, Europe: People say I’m a split personality. I’m tough and resilient. Droughts and floods mean nothing to me, and
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His Majesty King Charles III Continues Patronage of Crop Trust
03 June 2024, UK: The Crop Trust is delighted that, following a review of the patronages of the late Queen and the
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New Seeds Added to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
28 May 2024, Norway: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has welcomed shipments from four new depositors. The world’s largest repository of crop
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Carlos Ochoa: The Indiana Jones of the Potato World
24 May 2024, US: In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we remember the unique contributions of Peruvian scientist Carlos Ochoa,
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Potato: a Story of Generosity
15 May 2024, Germany: I am fed up with being described as “humble”. I feed more people than any other crop except
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Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler to Receive the 2024 World Food Prize for Safeguarding Crop Diversity
13 May 2024, Iowa: The World Food Prize Foundation has announced that two of the Crop Trust’s foundational figures, Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin
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Risky Business: Safeguarding Crop Diversity in Genebanks
19 April 2024, Germany: Ensuring food security and the resilience of agriculture against environmental challenges relies on the preservation and use of
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Erna Bennett: A Crop Diversity Maverick
10 April 2024, Australia: In this installment of our Seed Heroes series, we salute the Irish scientist Erna Bennett, whose unheeded calls in the
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Cosmos of Endangered Crops
Livestream and on-site event. Dr. Stefan Schmitz gives a lecture on agricultural biodiversity and the urgent need to preserve it.
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