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We work with donors and partners to lead global projects that protect crop diversity, conserve crop wild relatives and develop technology to make this diversity accessible worldwide.

We seek professionals with a passion for global food security and a strong drive to contribute to our mission of conserving crop diversity for future generations.

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Seeds of sorghum, millet, corn, wheat, barley and beans are some of the key crops being conserved in the Yemen national genebank. (Photo: Cary Fowler/ Crop Trust)

Opinion

A Small Cost With a Big Benefit: Supporting Genebanks in Need

9 Dec 2022

News

New Drought-tolerant Durum Wheat Could Transform Farming in Dry Regions

A new drought-tolerant variety of durum wheat named Jabal, which means “mountain” in local Arabic, developed together by farmers and scientists in a decades-long project, has been released for cultivation in Morocco.

The new...

7 Dec 2022

A yam flower at field genebank in Vietnam in October 2022. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

News

Three Key Takeaways from Food Forever: Climate-proofing our Food For Future Generations

Crop diversity – without which we cannot adapt to the climate crisis, improve livelihoods and feed everyone adequately – was highlighted at the recent Global Landscapes Forum’s (GLF) Climate event. What can we do to protect it?

R...

6 Dec 2022

A farmer tends to rice paddies at the Maname experimental farm in Tolima, where different varieties of exotic rice destined for Colombian restaurants are tested under local conditions. (Photo: Juan Arredondo/ Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)

In the Media

‘Without Nature, We Have Nothing’: Un Chief Sounds Alarm at Key Un Biodiversity Event

The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set new targets and goals aimed at arresting the alarming destruction of nature, due by human activity.

The conference is...

6 Dec 2022

COP 15 will be taking place in Montreal, Canada.

Event

CBD COP 15

The fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) will be held as an in-person meeting in Montreal, Canada, from 7 to 19 December 2022.

5 Dec 2022

14 Dec 2022 - 14 Dec 2022

Farmer placing a stone to vote for wheat variety.

Marchouch region, Morocco. Farmer Abdellah Bounagua carefully selects a row and places his one stone. Visiting farmers are given one stone and asked to select their preferred variety. The host farmer receives two stones. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

In the Media

Science Against Climate Change: Unlocking Wild Genes in Wheat

A newly bred “black-spiked” wheat with a hardiness likened to the strength of mountains is among new developments in agri-food science, which are humanity’s strong arm to offset the noticeably degrading effects of climate change that are crippling essential global food networks.

5 Dec 2022