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Under the Crop Trust’s #BOLDProject, researchers in Kenya are testing late blight-resistant potatoes from Peru 🥔 Led by Thiago Mendes from International Potato Center, the team is breeding varieties suited to East African conditions, boosting nutrition and resilience.

🌿 #WildCropWednesday Did you know wild relatives of our staple crops hold the key to climate resilience? Dioscorea praehensilis — a wild relative of African yam — thrives & carries traits for drought and disease resistance. That's why we conserve them The Crop Trust NBRDA NIGERIA

Visiting the #BOLD ⁦ICARDA⁩ trials in #Tunisia by INRAT. Some great performers in a nice year with good yields all around ⁦The Crop Trust⁩

🌶️🍆 How can we better protect the diversity of eggplant & capsicum? Join the CropTrust & ECPGR to explore Global Conservation Strategies for these key crops & why they matter for genebanks, breeders & farmers. 🗓️ 23 June 🕒 11:00–12:00 CEST Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/356yzd3e

The Crop Trust seeks a web design expert to improve the UI/UX of the Genesys PGR, the global platform for plant genetic resources. 🔹 UX analysis 🔹 Stakeholder consultation 🔹 UI redesign 🔹 Functional specs Learn more & apply: tinyurl.com/y8yj2unb

Global agriculture faces mounting threats, and we risk a collapse, warns CSIS in a new digital report. Experts stress the need to prioritize #CropDiversity, with #genebanks key to building resilient food systems. 🔗 Read the full report: tinyurl.com/mwe6jj79

The RDA Genebank from the Republic of Korea led the latest deposit to the Svalbard Seed Vault with 4,000 seed samples! 🌱🇰🇷 The shipment included rice, soybean, sesame, millet & more—chosen for their cultural and economic value. More 🔗 tinyurl.com/3mew8tcp

Missed the GROW Webinar "Beyond the Ark: Why Saving Seeds Isn’t Enough"? Stef de Haan explored bold, holistic approaches to conservation, bridging global and local needs and rethinking how we protect crop diversity and farmers’ rights. 🎥 Watch now: tinyurl.com/bdt6cv94

🌾 Meet Jawahir – "jewel" in Arabic – a drought-tolerant durum wheat variety tested by farmers across Morocco’s most drought-affected regions. On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, Jawahir is fighting off drought in farmers’ fields. The Crop Trust INRA Maroc croptrust.org/news-events/ne…

Record droughts threaten Morocco’s durum wheat - key for couscous, bread & pasta. This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, meet Jawahir: a new drought-resilient variety developed by ICARDA and released by INRA Maroc with support from the #BOLDProject. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2papjby9

How can genetic diversity boost climate-resilient agrifood systems? Today’s event, co-hosted by the Crop Trust, Food and Agriculture Organization & UN Climate Change, explores the role of crop diversity in adaptation, food security and sustainable diets. 🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/yj5z9wux #SB62 #FoodSystems

How can we build resilient food systems in dryland regions? Alongside #SB62, the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security side event calls for multilateral leadership and local action to bridge the gap and drive change. 🌍🌾 🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/43rhpcr5

🌾 Boostez votre production agricole "Jawahir", la nouvelle variété marocaine résistante à la sécheresse (INRA Maroc, ICARDA, The Crop Trust), affiche un rendement record de +15 qx/ha. Diffusion accélérée pour transformer l'agriculture. 📰maroc-diplomatique.net/jawahir-une-no…

In Vietnam, rice is more than food. 🍚 Through the Crop Trust’s #BOLDProject, Can Tho University and 13 farmer seed clubs developed and tested new rice lines. Two salt-tolerant, high-yielding varieties - Nông Dân 1 & 2 - are now legally protected. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4erdr53f

Farmers and scientists in Vietnam, with support from the Crop Trust’s #BOLDProject, are developing resilient rice 🍚 varieties using traits from crop wild relatives. Their partnership boosts food systems and offers a model for sustainable agriculture worldwide.