Conservation milestone:
WorldVeg secures over 90% of its global vegetable collections in the Arctic
WorldVeg has deposited its latest shipment of vegetable seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, bringing the share of its international genebank safeguarded in the Arctic to over 90% — a key conservation milestone. The consignment of seven seed boxes contained over 750,000 individual seeds representing 1,650 individual cultivated and wild accessions of chili peppers, […]
Crop diversity as biological insurance:
Now is the time for genebank funders to step up, not step back
Food security is often discussed as a development issue – linked to hunger and poverty and addressed through long-term improvements in agriculture and livelihoods. But it is increasingly also a question of preparedness: building resilience against shocks that can disrupt food production and availability. Extreme weather, conflict, pandemics and trade disruptions have shown how […]
A Global system at work:
Genebanks link across continents to protect seed collections
A new shipment of 1,100 seed samples has arrived at the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) genebank in Taiwan after an approximately 12,000 km journey from Costa Rica. The shipment, sent by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE, by its Spanish acronym), contains back-up copies of seeds held in the organization’s genebank, with […]
Duplicated and delivered:
Eswatini’s seeds reach their second home in Africa’s Vegetable Genebank
Seeds from the national genebank in Eswatini arrive in Africa’s Vegetable Genebank at WorldVeg in Tanzaina. Pictured is Abdul Shango of WorldVeg. Photo by Neil Palmer (WorldVeg)The first shipment of traditional African vegetable seeds from Eswatini’s national genebank has arrived at Africa’s Vegetable Genebank, managed by the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) in Tanzania, for long-term […]