Our mission is to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide.
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The Crop Trust retweeted
Yesterday at #COP17 in Armenia, the International Plant Treaty launched its flagship report on the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing, highlighting its contributions to global food security and sustainable agriculture.
Read the full report➡️openknowledge.fao.org/items/…
The Crop Trust retweeted
Wild potato 🥔 relatives hold valuable traits for tackling heat, pests, and diseases.
CIP and the @CropTrust are expanding the BOLD project in Kenya to help turn this diversity into more resilient varieties for farmers.
👉🏽 bit.ly/PR-PotatoAfrica
🔸@CGIAR
Governments can protect the diversity that agriculture depends on by funding the genebanks that safeguard it.
In their new Op-Ed, "Crop Diversity: The Foundation of Food Security," Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of @CGIAR and Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust explore the integral role properly funded genebanks play on global crop diversity.
Learn more in our new Op-Ed: tinyurl.com/3ct8958v
Join the Crop Trust and our partners today, 28 October, at #COP17 in Yerevan. We’ll explore how genebanks, international cooperation and long-term investment can help deliver the Biodiversity Plan and secure the future of food.
📍 Find us at these events in the Blue Zone:
🌱 10:00-11:00 | Genebanks for Biodiversity
Nordic Pavilion
❄️ 12:00-13:00 | How the Svalbard Global Seed Vault safeguards the world’s crop diversity
Nordic Pavilion
🌾 13:15-14:15 | Biodiversity for Food Security: Mobilizing Plant Genetic Diversity for Resilient Food Systems
Ashtarak, NGOs Group meeting room, Block 2, 3rd floor
🤝 18:15-19:15 | Genebanks for the Future: Conserving Crop Diversity through Global Cooperation
Arzni, SIDS Group meeting room, Block 2, 3rd floor
Come along, meet our team and share your ideas for connecting crop diversity conservation with action in fields, landscapes and food systems.
Explore the programme: croptrust.org/news-events/ev…
The International Potato Center (CIP) is partnering with the Crop Trust to launch a new phase of the BOLD project. It aims to turn useful traits from potato wild relatives into a resilient new variety, while strengthening seed systems to get better potatoes into farmers’ fields in East Africa.
Learn more about the project in our new press release: tinyurl.com/2mx8j7bu
@Cipotato
Reading a plant’s DNA can reveal genetic traits that help advance crop research and breeding.
At #COP17Armenia, we support fair benefit-sharing from digital sequence information, alongside investment in skills and tools.
Check out and join our events: tinyurl.com/n7rrru5f
Opportunity crops can help diversify diets and strengthen climate resilience. But limited access to quality seed keeps many farmers from growing them.
Tune in later today at #COP17 as the Crop Trust’s Sarada Krishnan and partners explore 6 policy priorities for turning this potential into action: from conserving crop diversity to improving variety registration and seed delivery.
🌱 Unlocking opportunity crops for healthy diets and climate resilience
🗓️ Today, Monday 26 October | 16:00, Yerevan time
📍 @CGIAR Pavilion, Blue Zone
Watch online: events.cgiar.org/unlockingop…
The Crop Trust retweeted
Deep inside an Arctic mountain, the @GlobalSeedVault safeguards crop diversity at −18°C.
Through the collective efforts of @FAO, @croptrust, @nordgen, @planttreaty & @regjeringen, this global backup continues to grow, helping safeguard our food future.
#ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
Join our next GROW Webinar and discover how software can turn complex plant science data into useful insights for pre-breeding, genetics and genebanks.
📅 29 October | 15:00 CET |
Register now: tinyurl.com/4hdwpzup
The Crop Trust retweeted
Una noche de emoción, excelencia y reconocimiento.
Los Reyes, acompañados por la Princesa de Asturias y la Infanta Sofía, han presidido los Premios Princesa de Asturias 2026.
🎥 Recordamos algunos de los momentos que marcaron una ceremonia dedicada a quienes, desde distintos ámbitos, contribuyen a mejorar nuestro mundo.
©️FPA
@CasaReal @Astro_Christina @GlobalSeedVault @CropTrust @NordGen @fromTGA
#PremiosPrincesadeAsturias #PrincessofAsturiasAwards #Asturias
The Crop Trust retweeted
Ceremonia de entrega de los #PremiosPrincesadeAsturias 2026.
© FPA | Iván Martínez | Yeray Menéndez | Imanol Rimada | Julián Rus | Charly López
#PremiosPrincesadeAsturias #PrincessofAsturiasAwards
@LeoMessi @GlobalSeedVault @CropTrust @NordGen
The Crop Trust retweeted
2026 Princess of Asturias Awards Ceremony.
© FPA | Iván Martínez | Yeray Menéndez | Imanol Rimada | Julián Rus | Charly López
#PremiosPrincesadeAsturias #PrincessofAsturiasAwards
@LeoMessi @GlobalSeedVault @CropTrust @NordGen
Crop origins are living landscapes where farmers, local knowledge and nature shape the diversity that feeds us. Join us at #COP17Armenia to discuss monitoring this diversity and supporting its custodians.
🗓️ 24 Oct | 14:30–15:30 | CGIAR Pavilion
Stream: tinyurl.com/5b9jchjz
The Crop Trust retweeted
Audiencia de la Princesa de Asturias a los galardonados con los #PremiosPrincesadeAsturias 2026 en Oviedo.
©FPA | Iván Martínez
@CasaReal @GlobalSeedVault @fromTGA @Astro_Christina @CropTrust @NordGen
Join us for the live stream of the 2026 @fpa Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony tonight, where Svalbard Global Seed Vault will receive the Award for International Cooperation!
The receiving laureates are representatives of the three managing partners of the Vault: Minister Nils Kristen Sandtrøen from the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Lene Krøl Andersen, Executive Director of NordGen and the Crop Trust's Executive Director Stefan Schmitz.
Watch in English: fpa.es/.../2026-princess-of-…
Watch in Spanish: fpa.es/.../ceremonia-de-los-…
The Crop Trust retweeted
La Princesa de Asturias recibe en audiencia a Nils Kristen Sandtrøen, ministro de Agricultura y Alimentación de Noruega; Lene Krøl Andersen, directora ejecutiva de NordGen; y Stefan Schmitz, director ejecutivo de Crop Trust, representantes de la Bóveda Global de Semillas de Svalbard, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Cooperación Internacional.
Un reconocimiento a una iniciativa que protege la diversidad agrícola del planeta y preserva un legado esencial que contribuye a garantizar la alimentación de las generaciones futuras.
©FPA
@CasaReal @GlobalSeedVault @CropTrust @NordGen
#PremiosPrincesadeAsturias #PrincessofAsturiasAwards #BóvedaGlobaldeSemillasSvalbard #CooperaciónInternacional #InternationalCooperation #SvalbardGlobalSeedVault
The Crop Trust retweeted
Safeguarding crop diversity for future generations!
ICRISAT’s Genebank has deposited 1,868 accessions (800 sorghum and 1,068 pearl millet) at the @ICARDA Genebank in Rabat, Morocco, strengthening the long-term conservation of valuable crop genetic resources.
With this deposit, ICRISAT has achieved 93% first-level safety duplication of its collection, ensuring greater security for these vital genetic resources and keeping them available for future research, crop improvement and climate-resilient agriculture.
@CGIAR @CropTrust
The Crop Trust retweeted
🏆 Turning recognition into action!
Norway, @NordGen & @CropTrust are donating their €50K Princess of Asturias Award prize to the Emergency Reserve, to rapidly protect crop diversity in crisis zones like Ukraine, with @planttreaty.
🔗 Press Release: bit.ly/4BfN2El
🤖 Made with AI
The Crop Trust retweeted
High in the Arctic, the @GlobalSeedVault stores seeds from genebanks around the world, helping protect crop diversity and contributing to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity.
Did you know these benefits of Svalbard's Seed Vault?
#COP17Armenia #ItAllStartsWithTheSeed
The three partners behind the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will use the €50,000 prize from the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation to help safeguard important seed collections that might otherwise remain vulnerable.
Read more: tinyurl.com/5dexaudy
