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The Cultivar Series is a continuously growing collection of photographs that reveal the mind-boggling diversity of crops by German photographer
@uliwestphal
Discover more 👉
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Legumes are an extraordinary family of plants found on every continent apart from Antarctica. They occur in tropical forests, subtropical savannahs, dry forests and grasslands and (semi-)arid regions.
Check out this amazing diversity 👉
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Legumes are an extraordinary family of plants found on every continent apart from Antarctica. They occur in tropical forests, subtropical savannahs, dry forests and grasslands and (semi-)arid regions.
Check out this amazing diversity 👉
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The deposit from the
@ICRISAT
's genebank to the
#Svalbard
@globalseedvault
contains eight millet and three legume varieties adapted to the dryland growing conditions.
Conserving them is important for the whole of humanity, says Kuldeep Singh, head of
@GenebankICRISAT
.
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Legumes are an extraordinary family of plants found on every continent apart from Antarctica. They occur in tropical forests, subtropical savannahs, dry forests and grasslands and (semi-)arid regions.
Check out this amazing
#seed
diversity ➡️
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On behalf of HRH The Prince of Wales,
@KewGardens
is depositing seeds of 27 wild plant species from the wildflower meadows at the Royal Gardens at Highgrove at
@GlobalSeedVault
today.
#SeedVault2020
@ClarenceHouse
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Thanks
@SophiaBush
for sharing the critical importance of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault & what it contains - seeds - with the world! Seeds are treasure troves of information & are the foundation of our food. Learn more about how you can safeguard them at
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Why does
#cropdiversity
matter?
🌽Ensures food security
☀️Helps agriculture adapt to climate change
🌴Prevents environmental degradation
🍎Protects nutritional security
🌏Reduces poverty
Read more 👉
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To mark its 15th anniversary, the Svalbard
@GlobalSeedVault
is opening its doors to the world - virtually!
Explore the diversity held in its seed chambers, including boxes of seed samples from all over the planet! 🌍
Discover the Virtual Tour ➡️
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Why does crop diversity matter?
1. Ensure food security
🌽
2. Adapt to climate change
☀️
3. Reduce environmental degradation
🌳
4. Protect nutritional security
🥔
5. Reduce poverty
👨🏻🌾
6. Ensure stable agriculture
🌱
Read more 👉
#BiodiversityDay
#IDB2019
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Ethiopia is a rare place where farmers still grow maslins - different grain species sown in the same field or intercropped.
They were replaced mainly by monocultures globally, but a small group of passionate scientists is hoping to change that.
More 👉
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The seed deposit week is starting in the Svalbard
@GlobalSeedVault
.
While 88% of the
@CIMMYT
#maize
collection is already backed up in Svalbard, they are adding new wheat and maize accessions this year.
This beautiful
#corn
diversity truly needs to be saved for the future!
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
#COP28
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Happy International Year of
#Millets
!
Millets have a glorious history of being among the earliest crops grown by humans and an important food source in the past.
But why are they essential for the future
#foodsecurity
?
🎧 Find out in our
#podcast
👉
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
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Scientists at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
@CIMMYT
are focused on developing wheat varieties that can better cope with drought, rising temperatures and excessive rainfall and thrive in unpredictable global conditions.🌿
Read more 👉
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40 years ago,
@ICARDA
scientists ventured into the Syrian plateaus to retrieve the seeds of a wild grass that could withstand drought.
This was bred with durum wheat to produce a new drought-tolerant variety called
#JabalWheat
Learn more👉
#BOLDcwr
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With digitalization, a growing number of old tomato 🍅 herbarium specimens are coming to light. They show that tomatoes entered Europe in different colors, shapes, and sizes.
Mistery: did they originate from Mexico or Peru?
Find out more 👉
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Without our first
#SeedHero
, conservation and use of plant genetic resources would be completely different.
Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Russian scientist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, known as the 'father of genebanks.'
Learn more ➡️
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The seed deposit week is starting tomorrow in the
@GlobalSeedVault
!
While 87% of the
@CIMMYT
#maize
collection is already backed up in Svalbard, they are adding new wheat and maize accessions this year.
This beautiful
#corn
diversity truly needs to be saved for the future!
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In our news section: statement on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The seeds are safe and sound
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Plant breeders and scientists use crop diversity to develop new varieties that are nutritious and tasty and adapted to local growing conditions.
Securing the world’s crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security.
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"The Plants That Feed the World" publication synthesizes the data of over 350 key crops and their genetic resources essential for ensuring the adequate conservation and use of these plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Learn more ➡️
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Plant breeders and scientists use crop diversity to develop new varieties that are nutritious and tasty and adapted to local growing conditions.
Securing the world’s crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security.
More ➡️
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Fun facts about squashes:
🎃 the heaviest butternut squash in the world weighed 25.17 kilograms and was grown in 2020 in Iowa, USA
🎃 squashes and melons are related
🎃 butternut squashes are loaded with vitamin A
🎃 pumpkins can be orange, green, white, yellow or even red
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Plant breeders and scientists use crop diversity to develop new varieties that are nutritious and tasty and adapted to local growing conditions.
Securing the world’s crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security.
More ➡️
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
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The Svalbard
@GlobalSeedVault
celebrates its 15th anniversary this year!
Currently, the Vault holds more than 1,2 million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse collection of food crop seeds!
Take a virtual tour ➡️
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Globally, more than 60% of our calories come from only four crops: wheat, rice, corn & potato. But, we can build resilience by diversifying our diets.
For a secure future and enough food for everyone, we need crop diversity.
More👉
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Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea liberica, Coffea stenophylia, Coffea congensis, Coffea racemosa, Coffea salvatrix …
There are more than 100 species of wild
#coffee
☕️ that remain largely unexplored.
Find out more in our interactive story 👉
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
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#DYK
there's a fern Gaga, named for the pop star Lady Gaga? Or that magnolia tree was named after French botanist Pierre Magnol?
In this new book, celebrated botanist
@SandyKnapp
explores the people whose names have been immortalized in plants.
More 👉
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Farmers 🚜have been adapting crops for thousands of years.
However,
#climatechange
effects can be so severe that crops are unable to survive.
Crop wild relatives are the reservoir of genetic variations that can help adapt our crops for the future. 👇
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Investing in underutilized indigenous and traditional corps can strengthen climate resilience and nutrition across the African continent. 🌱 🌍
New reports by
@RockefellerFdn
advance the
#VACS
vision to boost agricultural productivity and nutrition ➡️
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Happy birthday to the Svalbard
@GlobalSeedVault
- a symbol of hope and peace for humanity - from our Executive Director
@StefanCropTrust
!
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Crop wild relatives have provided breeders with several game-changing traits or genes that have boosted crop resilience and global agricultural production.
Learn more in the latest article published in Trends in Biotechnology.
Read here 👉
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Why does
#cropdiversity
matter?
🌽Ensures food security
☀️Helps agriculture adapt to climate change
🌴Prevents environmental degradation
🍎Protects nutritional security
🌏Reduces poverty
Read more ➡️
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Svalbard
@GlobalSeedVault
opened its doors three times in 2022 for deposits from
#genebanks
worldwide. Their backup copies of different seeds are now safe for the future.
The total number of seeds in the Vault is now 1,195,244.
More 👉
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"The Plants That Feed the World" publication synthesizes the data of over 350 key crops and their genetic resources essential for ensuring the adequate conservation and use of these plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Learn more ➡️
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Seeds cannot live forever, but it is believed that seeds from many different species can survive for centuries, and some even for more than a thousand years!
A 100-year experiment by
@NordGen
and 5 other
#genebanks
puts seed longevity to the test 👉
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Barley was a hugely important grain in ancient times.
The Sumerians of Mesopotamia had a god of barley, but not a god of wheat.
And the Romans fed their gladiators
#barley
to give them strength, calling them hordearii, or barley-men.
Learn more 👉
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
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Representatives of
#genebanks
from around the world brave sub-zero temperatures to deliver duplicate
#seeds
of vital crops to
#Svalbard
#SeedVault10
. Pictured:
@CIMMYT
@IITA_CGIAR
@ICRISAT
@irri
@ILRI
@CIAT_
@AfricaRice
@Cipotato
@BioversityInt
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The growing awareness of the dangers posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity has triggered rising demand for information.
We have launched a news hub called the Crop Diversity Digest for everyone interested in these topics.
More 👉
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Without
#genebanks
, some of our favorite foods would be in trouble. The diversity genebanks safeguard ensures they are always available.
Scientists and farmers can use this genetic material to develop more resilient and nutritious crops for the future 👉
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The common
#bean
(Phaseolus vulgaris L.) provides enough balanced
#nutrition
to keep a person alive for a long time on that single food alone. It provides
#protein
, complex carbohydrates, fiber & valuable micronutrients, including calcium &
#iron
, to the human diet.
#CropsInColor
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.
@CGIAR
centres manage some of the largest, most used
#genebanks
in the world. Watch video on the
#Genabank
Platform collaboration ’tween
@CropTrust
&
@CIMMYT
@Cipotato
@CIAT_
@ICARDA_CGIAR
@ICRISAT
@ICRAF
@AfricaRice
@ILRI
@IITA_CGIAR
@irri
@BioversityInt
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
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What does pre-breeding mean?
It's a bridge between
#genebanks
and plant breeders. The best traits of different varieties are combined and introduced back into our cultivated crops.
Want to find out more? Watch the video 👉
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The growing awareness of the dangers posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity has triggered rising demand for information.
We have launched a news hub called the Crop Diversity Digest for everyone interested in these topics.
More 👉
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Support crop diversity through an innovative project - grow and evaluate old bean varieties in your garden, alongside other Europeans!
The deadline for joining
@pulses_increase
Citizen Science Experiment is Feb 28!
Learn more how to register 👉
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Crop wild relatives can have useful traits crucial for future food security as farmers adapt to a changing climate.
Learn more about
#JabalWheat
👉
@ICARDA
#BOLDcwr
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Today, rice, wheat and corn provide nearly half of the world’s calories, but as the planet warms, farmers across the globe are rediscovering ancient crops.
These five drought-tolerant and highly nutritious crops offer hope for greater resiliency ➡️
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Ever tried an African pear? Or a bush mango? Or a tree tomato? What about the custard apple? 🍎 🍑
These and many other forgotten fruits are in the so-called NUS group, which stands for “neglected and underutilized species.”
Find out more 👉
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For International
#BiodiversityDay
, let's commit to protecting
#biodiversity
for future generations. 🌍 🌾
At the Crop Trust, we are dedicated to conserving and making
#cropdiversity
available for use globally, forever.
Help to support our mission ➡️
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This is a wild potato species, a relative of our domesticated potato🥔 found in Peru.
As weather changes create a higher risk of potato blight, we need to preserve potato wild relatives like these tiny tubers. They give scientists a chance to develop new, resilient varieties.
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Tea is one of the important crops that can’t be stored in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
It's best conserved in living field collections and that’s why it’s important to improve tea conservation in the
#genebanks
.
Learn more about saving
#tea
🍵 ➡️
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A big shout-out to those that are working hard to conserve our
#biodiversity
💪👏 Just to name a few:
@CGIAR
@AfricaRice
@BioversityInt
@CIAT_
@CIMMYT
@Cipotato
@ICARDA
@ICRAF
@ICRISAT
@IITA
@ILRI
@irri
@CATIEOficial
@spc_cps
@go_vegetables
@USDA_ARS
@kewgardens
@UNBiodiversity
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This week, the largest deposit since
@GlobalSeedVault
's opening in 2008 in terms of number of depositors will take place as representatives from 36
#genebanks
are coming to Svalbard for a Seed Summit and a Seed Deposit ceremony. Stay tuned for more!
#SeedVault2020
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🌿🍠🌱 Did you know that sweetpotatoes are one of the most important crops for food security?
Check out a new global research initiative to test a model rooted in cryopreservation that could help meet the growing demand for this nutritious root ➡️
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Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea liberica, Coffea stenophylia, Coffea congensis, Coffea racemosa, Coffea salvatrix …
There are more than 100 species of wild
#coffee
☕️ that remain largely unexplored.
Find out more in our interactive story 👉
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40 years ago,
@ICARDA
scientists ventured into the Syrian plateaus to retrieve the seeds of a wild grass that could withstand drought.
This was bred with durum wheat to produce a new drought-tolerant variety called
#JabalWheat
Learn more👉
#BOLDcwr
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50% of current
#arabica
growing regions could become unsuitable by 2050. Says
@guardian
, "the global
#coffee
industry, valued at $465bn in 2020, has so far failed to come up with $25m to protect the world’s 4 most important
#genebanks
."
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2020 SVALBARD SEED DEPOSIT
The largest deposit at
#SeedVault2020
is made by
@cimmyt
with over 15,000 accessions of wheat, rye, barley & maize! Additionally, 34 other institutions around the world are depositing their seeds at
@GlobalSeedVault
today!
📷 :CIMMYT
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The new 100-year experiment at
@GlobalSeedVault
will provide future generations with valuable information about the lifespan of seeds and how often they need to be regenerated.
@NordGen
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The growing awareness of the dangers posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity has triggered rising demand for information.
We have launched a news hub called the Crop Diversity Digest for everyone interested in these topics.
More 👉
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The Book "The Age of Seeds: How Plants Hacked Time and Why Our Future Depends on It " by Fiona McMillan-Webster tells the astonishing story of seeds and their crucial role in our everyday lives and the future of our planet.
Learn more 👉
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Ten
#genebanks
from around the world deposited 20,443 seed samples in the
@GlobalSeedVault
last week.
We are looking forward to receiving even more crop diversity in the future, says
@DvgGilst
, senior agricultural advisor from
@noradno
.
Find out more 👉
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This is an Avena fatua seed, a wild cousin of the staple oat crop, Avena sativa.
It may not look like it, but these crop wild relatives can help secure the future of our food supply.
👉 🌱
@kewgardens
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Seed Vault Coordinator, Asmund Asdal, from
@NordGen
welcomes the seed boxes for the first 2023 deposit, which celebrates the
@GlobalSeedVault
15th Anniversary.
The deposit from 20 genebanks, including 5 new (Albania, Benin, Croatia, Mali and North Macedonia) will be tomorrow.
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What does
#prebreeding
mean? It's a bridge between
#genebanks
and plant breeders. The best traits of different crop varieties are combined and introduced back into our cultivated crops.
Want to learn more? Watch the video 👉
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Ethiopia is a rare place where farmers still grow maslins - different grains sown in the same field or intercropped.
Globally, they were mainly replaced by monocultures, but a small group of scientists hopes to change that.
More via
@atlasobscura
➡️
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Seed boxes in the Svalbard
@GlobalSeedVault
send a message of peace and unity to the world, says our Executive Director
@StefanCropTrust
from the first seed deposit of 2022.
Learn more👉
#SeedVault2022
#genebanks
#conservation
#biodiversity
#foodsecurity
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For alfalfa farmers in Kazakhstan, bees 🐝 are crucial partners in securing their livelihoods.
Alfalfa pollination by honeybees increases and diversifies their income through honey production.
Find out more ➡️
#WorldBeeDay
#SavetheBees
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The growing awareness of the dangers posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity has triggered rising demand for information.
We have launched a news hub called the Crop Diversity Digest for everyone interested in these topics.
More 👉
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The Utopian Seed Project is growing dozens of types of okra, trying to breed new, resilient varieties. Through its crop research, they seek to promote “a resilient, delicious, and equitable food and farming system".
Read more via
@CivilEats
➡️
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Ever wondered why are seeds of different sizes and shapes?
Even within the same species, the size, shape and shininess of the seeds vary.
Find out more in a blog from
@ASA_CSSA_SSSA
➡️
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Yams are incredibly resilient, have a high yield per plant and can be stored for months after harvest without losing nutritional value.
New global conservation strategy gives yams the attention they deserve! ➡️
#cropstrategies
#yams
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Genebanks enable scientists to search through hundreds of thousands of food crop varieties and to use them to develop more climate-resilient plants.
Genebanks also send seeds directly to farmers, including formerly loved varieties that have gone out of cultivation.
@CGIAR
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Innocent Dossou Aminon, from the NGO GRIGADEB in Benin, flew for two days to reach Svalbard. He carried a selection of seeds that make up the country's first-ever backup of crop diversity in the Seed Vault.
The deposit was supported through the Crop Trust's
#BOLDcwr
project.
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Pulses have been a part of the human diet for centuries. The agricultural production of beans, chickpeas & lentils dates back to 7000 - 8000 B.C.
They can be stored for months without losing their nutritional value, providing increased food security.
#WorldPulsesDay
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#DYK
there's a fern Gaga, named for the pop star Lady Gaga? Or that magnolia tree was named after French botanist Pierre Magnol?
In her book, celebrated botanist
@SandyKnapp
explores the people whose names have been immortalized in plants.
More 👉
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One crucial difference between
#genebanks
and other banks is that genebank deposits are alive.
Have you ever wondered what a genebank does?
Read more to find out! ⬇️⬇️
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Barley was a hugely important grain in ancient times. The Sumerians had a god of barley, but not a god of wheat.
And the Romans fed their gladiators
#barley
to give them strength, calling them hordearii, or barley-men.
Learn more about this cereal 👉
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Ever tried an African pear? Or a bush mango? Or a tree tomato? What about the custard apple? 🍎 🍑
These and many other forgotten fruits are in the so-called NUS group, which stands for “neglected and underutilized species.”
Find out more 👉
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Cactus pear is one of the underused crops that can provide better nutrition and income for farmers in dry regions, according to
@ICARDA
. 🌵
Its nutritious and water-rich fruits make it an important crop for animal and human consumption.
Read more 👉
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A curious rancher who stumbled into a forgotten cave searching for straying cows, Steve Campbell, discovered one of the most incredible Native American artifacts: a clay pot protecting well-preserved corn 🌽 harvested 1,000 years ago.
Find out more 👉
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Kahnawa’kehró:non community members in Canada plant the seeds of native crops collected and stored through the community garden project with the idea to adapt the seeds to climate change.
Read more 👉
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Ethiopia is a rare place where farmers still grow maslins - different grains sown in the same field or intercropped.
Globally they were mailny replaced by monocultures, but a small group of scientists is hoping to change that.
More via
@atlasobscura
👉
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An ancient barley called Bere only survived in cultivation on a few Scottish islands.
Scientists from
@JamesHuttonInst
are now reviving it for its valuable traits and potential for developing resilient barley varieties.
More via
@plantspplplanet
➡️
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Ethiopia is a rare place where farmers still grow maslins - different grain species sown in the same field or intercropped.
They were replaced mainly by monocultures globally, but a small group of passionate scientists is hoping to change that.
More 👉
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🥗 Ensuring
#foodsecurity
🌤️ Adapting to
#climatechange
🌿 Reducing environmental degradation
🍞 Protecting nutritional security
📉 Reducing
#poverty
and
🚜 Ensuring sustainable
#agriculture
= just six reasons why it matters to conserve
#cropdiversity
.
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Today is
#WorldPulsesDay
!
Pulses are wonder foods, a great source of protein, full of vitamins and minerals, good for soil health, climate-resilient and adaptable.
Discover the endless varieties and cooking options of these small wonders via
@fao
➡️
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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Known as
@ICRISAT
, manages the Rajendra S Paroda Genebank, which preserves the seeds collected from across the world.
Interested to find out more about
@GenebankICRISAT
? Click here 👉
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#SeedsForLife
, a new
@ICARDA
#genebank
, is opening in Morocco tomorrow! 🌱
The new facility will supply global researchers with vital genetic resources for crop adaptation to
#climatechange
, resistance to diseases,
pests, drought and heat.
Learn more ➡️
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