Genebanks should not be “museums” where seeds are kept frozen in time but rather should be a dynamic part of the seed systems that farmers use to diversify their crop options and that underpin…
The Crop Wild Relatives Project, which came to an end in December of 2021, demonstrated a potential in wild relatives. After countless crosses and backcrosses, the Project generated breeding lines…
The BOLD project is working with 15 national genebanks in Africa, Asia and Latin America to strengthen their capacity to manage, document, conserve and back up the crop diversity that they…
The BOLD project works with partners all over the world in different focus areas: Capacity and Resource Development with National Genebanks, Pre-breeding, Seed Systems and Safety Duplication at…
Visit the Website Location An Khanh, Hoai Duc, Ha Noi, Vietnam Parent Organization Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences Mission Formulating and implementing programs, projects and…
Visit the Website Location Entebbe, Uganda Parent Organization Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC), National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) Mission The strategic objectives of…
Our donor The BOLD Project is funded by the Government of Norway. The Government of Norway is a long-term key partner of and donor to the Crop Trust. This has included support for the operation of…
What is crop diversity and why does it need to be conserved and used? Crop diversity — both the diversity within crops and diversity of crops — is the foundation of our food and nutrition security.…
The BOLD Project is a 10-year, USD 80 million project funded by the Government of Norway that addresses the impacts of the changing climate on food and nutrition security by supporting the…
