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The Global Crop Diversity Trust (www.croptrust.org)
The mission of the Trust is to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide. Although crop diversity is fundamental to fighting hunger and to the very future of agriculture, funding is unreliable and diversity is being lost. The Trust is the only organization working worldwide to solve this problem. The Trust is providing support for the ongoing operations of the seed vault, as well as organizing and funding the preparation and shipment of seeds from developing countries to the facility.
Efforts underway to rescue vulnerable bananas, giant swamp taro, other Pacific Island crops
Saving vulnerable indigenous crop diversity is key to developing crops in the future and promoting healthier diets
2010-10-22
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