Crop Trust

09 November 2024, Colombia: The 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), hosted for the first time by Colombia from 21 October to 1

28 October 2024, Germany: This month, we celebrate the life of Cary Fowler, a key figure in the creation of the Svalbard Global

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