#HappeningNow - Full house at the @CropTrust’s Crop Diversity Summit in #Berlin! #seedstosolutions. Great to see old friends and meet new ones — @planttreaty @CGIAR @ICARDA @IFAD @WWF @CIMMYT @AfricaRice @Cipotato @BiovIntCIAT_eng @WorldVegCenter @StefanCropTrust @NordGen
SeedCrop retweeted
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Strawberries show love is true 🍓
Whether it’s a family celebration or a romantic dinner for two, food brings people together, nourishing our hearts and souls. This #ValentinesDay we’re celebrating crop diversity!
More 👉buff.ly/3ozQzt5
ALT Animated card saying "You're the cream of the crop".
SeedCrop retweeted
"It is the very foundation of agriculture."
The stability of global #FoodSystems depends upon crop genetic diversity, according to Dr. Nora Castañeda-Álvarez of @CropTrust 🧬
More insights on the role of genetic diversity in agriculture via @FoodTank 👇
bit.ly/3C4GHLP
SeedCrop retweeted
The Crop Wild relatives project brought new, climate-resilient crop varieties to the farmer's fields and their family's tables.
The project coordinator Benjamin Kilian explains how did so-called weeds become the main stars for future food security.
#BOLDcwr
SeedCrop retweeted
Our Seeds for Resilience project aims to empower national #genebanks in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana and Nigeria.
We are opening a Request for proposals from a single firm for auditing this project in all these five countries.
Find out more 👇
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SeedCrop retweeted
🌱The world’s crop diversity is the backbone of agriculture.
Here is how @CropTrust’s new 10-project, BOLD, will help secure our food now and in the future: bit.ly/2XJ0QsG
#BOLDcwr | @CGIAR | @FAO
SeedCrop retweeted
En Français - @croptrust et @planttreaty lancent une initiative de sauvetage des banques de gènes pour assurer l'avenir de la diversité des cultures: bit.ly/3C0EMYG
⚡️Climate change
⚡️Pandemics
⚡️Pests and diseases
⚡️Political instability ...
are endangering the world's seed collections.
Together with @planttreaty, we are proud to launch a financial lifeline to #genebanks facing urgent threats.
#COP26 #BOLDcwr
croptrust.org/press-release/…
SeedCrop retweeted
We need innovative and #sustainablefinance for #foodsecurity.
In her speech at #GLFClimate, our Director of Finance Janet Muir explains how the Crop Trust Endowment Fund is a key example of a nature-based finance solution.
Learn more👉 buff.ly/3qpXkzx
#BOLDcwr
SeedCrop retweeted
Potato custodians in Peruvian Andes are true guardians of this crop's diversity and traditional knowledge.
@CNN has a story about the farmers safeguarding over 300 ancestral potato 🥔 varieties.
Watch here 👉buff.ly/308J6YU
@Cipotato
ALT In the Peruvian Andes, "potato custodians" are preserving hundreds of varieties of this humble tuber.
SeedCrop retweeted
Crop diversity underpins the productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity of #agriculture.
We all depend on seeds 🌱 for survival, says @StefanCropTrust.
Here's how we're helping ensure #foodsecurity for the future.
Learn more 👉 buff.ly/3wzlzwr
#BOLDcwr #COP26
SeedCrop retweeted
We cannot fight the #climatecrisis without investing in future #foodsecurity — just #zerocarbon emissions aren't enough.
The Crop Trust Endowment Fund needs support to secure crop diversity for future generations.
Learn more and take action 👉 buff.ly/3wzlzwr
#BOLDcwr
SeedCrop retweeted
Coffee ☕️ production is in a vulnerable position because it relies on only two species.
Even within them, there’s a very little genetic variation to breed more resilient varieties.
Can we save our favorite beverage? Read more via @voxdotcom 👉buff.ly/3DaOvNM
ALT A coffee picker displays ripe, bright red arabica beans in Colombia.
ALT A coffee producer looks at a plant infected with leaf rust at his Costa Rican farm.
SeedCrop retweeted
It will take collective action to stop #BiodiversityLoss.
Join us for 2nd @AgroBioCongress, starting today, and discover why is #agrobiodiversity a key to building resilient and sustainable #FoodSystems.
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#EatGrowSave
SeedCrop retweeted
🧑🎓🧬🌾🧑🌾Genetic diversity of wheat species - picture from #CIMMYT
Genetic diversity within a population - refers to the number of different alleles of all genes and the frequency with which they appear.
#genebank #biodiversity #plantbreeding #foodsecurity
whealbi.eu/plant-diversity/k…
SeedCrop retweeted
Join us and our partners at #GLFClimate to explore a BOLD new project to adapt agriculture to climate change!
It starts with a seed! 🌿
🗓️ 6 Nov 2021
🕥 10:30 GMT
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#COP26 #BOLDcwr
ALT It starts with a seed speakers: Stefan Schmitz, Executive director Crop Trust; Daniel van Gilst, senior agricultural advisor, Norad: Kent Nnadozie, International Plant Treaty secretary, Eliane Ubalijoro, Executive board member Crop Trust, Asmund Asdal, genebank coordinator Nordgen.
SeedCrop retweeted
#happingnow - today and tomorrow 👇🏾
Plant genetic resources are the foundation of sustainable crop production.
Efficient conservation and use are critical to safeguarding our food and agricultural systems, now and in the future.
🌱🍎🥕🥦🍉🍈
bit.ly/3uz40LJ
#SeedConference
SeedCrop retweeted
If 🐶 is to 🐺
Then 🥒 🍅 are to ❓
Crop Wild Relatives are critical to the world's food security but are often overlooked. Find out more about these unique crops & see the full video in the tweet below.
@CropTrust | @BiovIntCIAT_eng | @SeedFed
#VegetableBreeding
SeedCrop retweeted
We need innovative seed systems 🌱 which use the genetic potential of crop diversity and lead to:
🌾 improved farm productivity
🥗 more nutritious foods on our plates
🌎 a better environment
Join us to find out more at @FAO #SeedConference 👉 buff.ly/3vRJ2si
ALT Effective seed systems enhance farmers' timely access to affordable quality seeds and planting materials of preferred crop varieties.
SeedCrop retweeted
A total of 22 #genebank deposited 50,926 #seed samples during 2021. Thanks to all the people across the world who work hard to safeguard and make available the crop diversity we all need. We look forward to welcoming more diversity to the Seed Vault. buff.ly/3B8BNhx
SeedCrop retweeted
Because seeds don’t last forever, not even in genebanks, the Crop Trust is launching a competitive grant scheme to support the backing up of crop diversity in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Learn more! #AnalyzeSeeds seedtoday.com/article/249370…
