The Crop Trust is a non-profit international organization dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever, for the benefit of everyone.

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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Maryluz Contreras, from the local community of Colpar in Huancayo Province in central Peru, is sharing her knowledge about potatoes with the project team. In the fields near her home, project staff have planted two kinds of potatoes, and with the support of community members like Maryluz, they are selecting the most promising potatoes. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

New Potato Variety Offers a Lifeline to Farmers Battling Blight

Genebanks and global cooperation deliver versatile, climate-resilient solutions for farmers

Lima, Peru (06 November 2025) – The same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine nearly two centuries ago still devastates potato...

6 Nov 2025

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Citrus diversity. Photo: T Siebert-Wooldridge and K Trunnelle, UC Riverside

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Many people will be familiar with the old adage, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” But life did not give us lemons. The lemon is not a naturally occurring fruit, but a cross between a sour orange and a citron. And a sour...

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