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DuPont, Wilmington, Del., announces a pledge of $1 million to the Global Crop Diversity Trust (the Trust).


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, Wilmington, Del., announces a pledge of $1 million to the Global Crop Diversity Trust Global Crop Diversity Trust is an independent international organisation which exists to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide.  (the Trust), an international fund charged with securing long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 funding for the support of genebanks--storage facilities for plant germplasm--and crop diversity collections around the world. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the 16 Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research formed the Trust in 2002.
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Title Annotation:At Closing News
Publication:Agri Marketing
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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