Securing our food, forever
What is the solution to
global hunger?
Securing our food, forever
How many plants feed us?
Securing our food, forever
How can we make farming more sustainable?
Securing our food, forever
Does it matter if heirloom tomato varieties disappear?
Securing our food, forever
Are there agreements on the conservation and use of crop diversity?
Securing our food, forever
How can we make sure that everyone has enough nutritious food to eat?
Celebrating 20 years of Crop Trust
Our work
Latest Stories
Vietnam Recognizes its First-Ever Rice Variety Derived from Crop Wild Relatives
Plant Breeders Innovate Against Climate Change
Vietnam's agriculture is at a crossroads. Extreme weather events, higher temperatures and unpredictable rainfall are putting pressure on the country’s food supply and disrupting...
20 Jun 2025
New drought-tolerant Durum Wheat Variety proves its worth in Morocco
As seed multiplication efforts for the durum wheat variety Jawahir continue, farmers in drought-stricken regions of Morocco get a first taste of its potential.
BONN, GERMANY, 17 June 2025 – “We prefer not to plant. It’s too dry,”...
17 Jun 2025
Science Nigeria: Loss Of Genetic Plant Diversity Setback For Nigeria’s Food Security Drive
Recently, the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture warned that the country’s crop diversity is under serious threat. This major risk to national food security was in focus at a workshop in Abuja organized by the National Centre for...
29 May 2025
Myriad USA: Preserving a Precious Resource – Global Food Security Through Crop Diversity
Seed banks are vital living repositories of crop diversity – a form of agricultural insurance that underpins global food security. Yet many remain underfunded and at risk. In 2024, Dr. Cary Fowler was awarded the 2024 World Food...
29 May 2025
Devex Dish: How the Seed Sector Can Step Up for Food Security
Devex reports from the lively World Seed Congress in Istanbul, where seeds – and their role in ensuring the future of food – took center stage. In a keynote and panel, World Food Prize laureate Dr. Cary Fowler and Crop Trust...
21 May 2025
Tagesspiegel Background: Peace is a Prerequisite for Food Security
Tagesspiegel Background reports on the state of global food security, emphasizing the need for peace, funding and a strategic mix of humanitarian interventions to fight hunger.
The article notes that funding cuts from major...
19 May 2025
Securing Our Food Legacy for Generations to Come
What makes us resilient? What enables us to overcome hardships no matter the crisis? Diversity is what enables us to bounce back from challenges. And it’s that way for our agriculture as well.
Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security
The Crop Trust is the only organization in the world that focuses solely on building and supporting a global system of genebanks for the conservation of crop diversity.
Seed samples stored in genebanks
$850m needed
received
partner institutions
Get involved
By donating to the Crop Trust, you're investing in the conservation of crop diversity and into making it available for use globally, forever and for the benefit of everyone.