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The Crop Trust

The Crop Trust is an international organization working to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide. www.croptrust.org
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#throwbackthursday to 2016 with our Annual Report - live now at croptrust.org/2016. With new partnerships formed, more seeds collected and conserved and key knowledge and technology shared, 2016 was a remarkable year for our organization. Each of the year's activities was animated by the same mix of urgency and hopeful energy. As this report shows, it was a year to accelerate our work, but also to reflect on why we do it. #2016 #Biodiversity #FoodSecurity #agriculture #nutrition #seeds #cropdiversity #food #genebanks #cwr
A big thanks to Dr. Howarth (Howdy) Bouis, founding Director of @harvestplus & 2016 winner of @worldfoodprize, for visiting our offices last week to give a seminar on biofortification (think increasing crops' nutritional value through breeding). Howdy pioneered this concept in the early 90s & has devoted his career to using biofortification to end "hidden hunger,” a lack of vitamins & minerals in the diet. Hidden hunger affects billions of people globally each year & accounts for 50% of all mortality in developing countries. But there’s good news - biofortification can improve health significantly, & is now reaching more than 15M smallholder farming families in low-income countries. Stay tuned for the exclusive interview & more coming this World Hunger Day! #zerohunger #foodsecurity #globalgoals #nutrition #health #WorldHungerDay #biodiversity #vitamins #minerals
In the farming community of Banaue, Ifugao, cleaning rice to prepare for a family lunch is a group activity. This is an old landrace of the aromatic rice known as Tinawon, one of many that are conserved by farmers on the rice terraces of Banaue. After cleaning the rice, they will steam it and serve it up wrapped in banana leaves. View full gallery: goo.gl/5gN3j1 @brentstirton @gettyimages #family #rice #cooking #philippines #foodsecurity #nutrition #endworldhunger
In Los Baños, an IRRI researcher takes notes on a trial of rice plants’ response to rainfall. Drought tolerance is an important target in rice breeding, and so is tolerance to flooding. Some rice landraces and wild relatives are especially good at producing grain during a drought, while others have the ability to survive completely underwater for days or weeks at a stretch. These have proven invaluable in breeding the next generation of climate change-ready rice to prepare for the unpredictable rainfall patterns of the future. View full gallery: goo.gl/5gN3j1. @brentstirton @gettyreportage #rice #climatechange #scientist #genebanks #climateaction #biodiversity #globalgoals #goal2
In Banaue, Ifugao, Ana Dulnuan-Habbiling begins to clear her rice paddy. Ana is an Ifugao leader with immense knowledge of rice in this highland area. The clearing of her first paddy, which she performs in ceremonial dress, is a signal to the rest of her village that the time is right to plant. All will begin to ready their own paddies for a new crop. View full gallery: goo.gl/5gN3j1. #CropsInColor #rice #philippines #womeninaction #village #leader #agriculture #nofilter
Latest #CropsInColor gallery now live: Rice in Southeast Asia. Pictured here: Panicles of rice are dried after harvest in Banaue, Ifugao, in the Northern Philippines. View the gallery at: goo.gl/5gN3j1. #biodiversity #Rice #foodsecurity #agriculture #farming #seeds #food #nofilter
For half of the world's population, rice is king. In Southeast Asia, where the most widely grown types were first domesticated, its reign is undisputed. It is fundamental to millions of livelihoods and deeply rooted in every culture. Join our #CropsInColor photographer, @brentstirton with @gettyimages as he uncovers the ancient art of rice farming in Southeast Asia. We will share 1 new photo every day next week. Can't wait: view the full gallery here: goo.gl/5gN3j1. #rice #farmer #vietnam #beautiful #agriculture
“Nestled in the Svalbard archipelago lies a small unassuming-yet-sturdy building created to last forever. While it may look minimal, this building is one of the most important in the world because it holds the key to continual human survival.” This week, #GoProForACause announced its matching campaign with the Crop Trust. @gopro will match every donation made up to 50,000 until 28 March 2017. By participating, you help fund the Crop Trust’s conservation work around the world - including the Svalbard Global Seed Vault – and enter to win cool GoPro gear and prizes. Together, we can secure the future of our food. https://gopro.com/goproforacause/croptrust #food #Biodiversity #ZeroHunger #agriculture #Goal2
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In 2011 and 2012, farmers in the Horn of Africa were struck by the region’s worst drought in 60 years, causing crop failures and a deadly food crisis across the region. Rain failures like these will become even more common with climate change. Pigeon pea, however, offers one solution for many farmers. Pigeon pea diversity includes faster-growing types, producing a harvest in about three or four months, beating drought before it arrives. The International collection of pigeon pea is held by ICRISAT, conserving over 15,000 accessions in India and Kenya. Additionally, @croptrust has supported the national genebanks in Kenya and the Philippines in regenerating and characterizing hundreds of their own samples. #conservation #biodiversity #rain #foodsecurity #zerohunger #nofilter
Climate change is raising the stakes— for Andean farmers, for wild species, and for the world’s potato crop as a whole. Increasing temperatures have pushed potato farmers up the mountains in Peru year by year, as diseases and pests creep up the slopes. Unfortunately, there’s only so much further to climb. Wild relatives, too, are on the retreat. This is why we need the full genetic diversity of the potato and its wild relatives. Fortunately, thousands of samples of this diversity are conserved at the International Potato Center in Peru, with essential long-term funding from @croptrust. Even more diversity is stewarded by Andean farmers, who still harvest potatoes in every shape, color and size. #potato #biodiversity #foodsecurity #farmers #agriculture #feedtheworld
For half the world, rice makes up 80% of every meal. However, declines in freshwater availability, evaporation from higher temperatures, and a scramble for irrigated water resources are all rising with climate change, making saltwater a greater threat than ever to farmers cultivating vulnerable, low-lying coastal fields. So far, IRRI and its partners have developed more than 100 elite lines of rice with high salt tolerance. These provide the yields, grain quality and disease resistance that are expected of an improved rice variety, but perform better than most in salty soils. @croptrust provides IRRI with long term funding to conserve this resource forever. Photo by @gettyimages photographer @brentstirton #rice #conservation #biodiversity #climatechange #goal2 #zerohunger #foodsecurity #food #agriculture #farmers #globalgoals
ILRI, located in Ethiopia, maintains a global forage genebank for the highland tropics and makes productive and disease-resistant forages available to smallholders. These forages are not just helping farmers adapt to climate change—they also mitigate its causes. One example is Brachiaria grass, cultivated in Latin America and Asia. As animals graze on Brachiaria, carbon is returned to the soil through deep roots and manure. #forages #biodiversity #climatechange #goal2 #zerohunger #foodsecurity #food #agriculture #farmers #global goals
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