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January 22, 2024


The California Native Seed Strategy is crucial to the state's climate resilience


October 26, 2023


From commodification to conservation: restoring agrobiodiversity through seed breeding – Part II


February 21, 2023


Q&A with Stephanie Greene, seed curator at preservation facility (Successful Farming)


November 8, 2022


Indigenous crops may help us survive climate change, but how we talk about them matters


December 9, 2021


Exhibit honors plant pioneer Nikolai Vavilov


November 18, 2021


Land for energy has increased biodiversity compared to land for food, UC Davis study finds


May 24, 2021


Why is it important to increase genetic diversity in crops, especially in soybean? U.S. soybean breeding programs have slowed as current varieties are too closely related


March 26, 2021


“Varietal timelines and leadership challenges affecting the legacy of Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov” with Dr. Joel Cohen


December 18, 2020


Half of the wild relatives of major US crops are endangered (Successful Farming)


November 6, 2020


More plant diversity, less pesticides - Species-rich plant communities help to naturally reduce herbivore impacts
Mehr Pflanzenvielfalt, weniger Pestizide - Artenreiche Pflanzengemeinschaften tragen zur natürlichen Schädlingsbekämpfung bei


May 26, 2020


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


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


April 14, 2020


USA - A “library” for safeguarding our food supply: The USDA/ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado


March 24, 2020


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


March 23, 2020


Forget the woolly mammoth -- Let's resurrect some extinct plants (Gizmodo)


March 18, 2020


Stanford researchers uncover benefits of diversified farms for protecting wildlife and buffering against climate change - The researchers found that farms with diverse crops planted together provide more secure, stable habitats for wildlife and are more resilient to climate change than the single-crop standard that dominates today’s agriculture industry


February 24, 2020


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


December 3, 2019


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


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


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


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


September 13, 2019


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)


March 28, 2019


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


March 21, 2019


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




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