Our mission is to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide.
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The Crop Trust retweeted
💬 Stefan Schmitz, Grethe Helene Evjen and Fuad Gaši, responsible for the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, shared the history of this unique refuge located in the Arctic with the public attending the “The Pantry of the Future” meeting.
Designed to safeguard millions of seeds from around the world, this space helps ensure that future generations have the resources to face food crises, conflicts or the effects of climate change. The meeting was moderated by Luis Guasch, Director of the Centre for Plant Genetic Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (CRF) belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
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#PrincessofAsturiasAwards #PremiosPrincesadeAsturias #Svalbard #InternationalCooperation @CropTrust @NordGen
Crop Trust is heading to @COP17_Arm2026 to share insights on how crop diversity can strengthen global food systems and highlight the importance of international cooperation in supporting the genebanks of the future.
Explore the full list of events: tinyurl.com/n7rrru5f
The Crop Trust retweeted
Stefan Schmitz, director ejecutivo de Crop Trust, uno de los representantes de la Bóveda Global de Semillas de Svalbard, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Cooperación Internacional 2026, a su llegada a Asturias.
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#PremiosPrincesadeAsturias #CooperaciónInternacional #Asturias @CropTrust @regjeringen @Noruegaenespana
@GlobalSeedVault
70% of Kenya's potatoes can come from a single variety: Shangi.
Breeders from @Cipotato are now helping bring new varieties to market, using potato diversity to reduce risks for more than 800,000 farmers.
#Potato #CropDiversity #Genebanks #Agriculture #BOLDProject
This week, @irri deposited 1,890 seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, 410 for the first time. New deposits include rice from Madagascar, Costa Rica and Nepal.
IRRI’s collections now reach 99.59% safety duplication level, helping protect rice diversity for the future.
This week at the @FAO Science and Innovation Forum in Rome, experts explored how botanical gardens can contribute to nutrition, food security and resilient food systems.
Crop Trust Board Member Princess Basma bint Ali, highlighted the importance of collaboration, while Colin Khoury joined partners to discuss the potential of opportunity crops, wild and foraged species and crop wild relatives.
The Crop Trust retweeted
Can you feel the Arctic breeze? ❄️
ICARDA deposited 2,039 seed samples representing 177 species at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, helping safeguard crop diversity for the future of food.
🔗 Read the full story: icarda.org/media/blog/protec…
Thanks to NordGen, the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, @CropTrust , and the
@CGIAR Genebank Network for supporting this global effort.
📸 Crop Trust/ NordGen
Conflict makes safeguarding crop diversity more urgent than ever. Ukraine’s National Plant Genebank sent 773 seed samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, creating secure backups of local genetic resources.
This deposit helps protect Ukraine’s crop diversity for the future.
The Crop Trust retweeted
3,370 seed samples safeguarded for the future.
CIMMYT’s latest deposit in Svalbard strengthens the safety backup of wheat and maize diversity, helping keep valuable genetic resources available for future research and food security.
With @CropTrust,@NordGen,@CGIAR and @NorwayMFA
The Crop Trust retweeted
🔴 TODAY 🔴
Join the International Plant Treaty's High-level event at #SIF2026
“Growing the Future: Botanic Gardens as Agrifood Allies” to explore how plant diversity supports food security.
➡️ Plenary Hall, FAO Headquarters
➡️ UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1…
#WFF2026
21 institutions, including six @CGIAR genebanks and Ukraine’s national genebank, deposited thousands of seed samples in the @GlobalSeedVault yesterday.
This international cooperation helps safeguard crop diversity for the future of food: tinyurl.com/3v27mwx9
The Crop Trust retweeted
More than 3,000 CIMMYT seed samples are now safeguarded in Svalbard. 🌱
Protecting maize and wheat genetic diversity is part of our commitment to science, crop improvement and global food security, helping keep options open for the challenges ahead.
Tomorrow, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opens for its October deposit!
Among the deposits are over 3,000 wheat and maize seed samples from @CIMMYT in Mexico, protecting valuable crop diversity for future research, breeding and food security.
This October, @Cipotato is depositing 1,027 seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, including maca, an ancient Andean crop.
The deposit will bring CIP’s safety duplicated seed collection at Svalbard to 91%. Congratulations!
The Crop Trust retweeted
How can botanic gardens help shape the future of food? 🌱
Join the International Plant Treaty's side event at #SIF2026 ⬇️
📅 14 October 2026
🕠 17:30–18:30 CEST
📍 FAO headquarters, Rome – Plenary Hall
🎥 Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k/k1…
#WFF2026
Tomorrow, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opens for its October deposit!
Among the deposits are over 3,000 wheat and maize seed samples from @CIMMYT in Mexico, protecting valuable crop diversity for future research, breeding and food security.
The Crop Trust retweeted
🌱 A great weekend at #Seeds2Foods! Our Svalbard Seed Vault replica helped visitors discover how genebanks, Treaty-supported projects and partners safeguard crop diversity worldwide.
💚 Thanks to everyone who visited!
❄️ Stay tuned for more updates from Svalbard
Rising costs are putting pressure on potato farmers in Africa, who may spray up to 15 times a season to fight late blight.
Scientists from @Cipotato are using wild potato relatives to develop resilient varieties. In Kenya, farmers are now testing them in the field.
#BOLDProject
The Crop Trust Executive Board will see changes in the coming months, with a new Chair and two new members, as the organization prepares for the next chapter in safeguarding crop diversity for the future of food.
Read more: tinyurl.com/bddr4mxw
The Crop Trust is seeking an Educational Consultant to develop an outreach strategy for Conserving and Using Crop Diversity, an interactive platform featuring videos, quizzes and a plant breeding simulation.
Help us reach more learners, apply now: tinyurl.com/4bjd9r3z
Coffee brings us together every day, all around the world. But what if the coffee we love today couldn't thrive tomorrow? By conserving coffee’s crop diversity, we're protecting the possibilities for tomorrow.
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