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

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Here you can find downloads of all Crop Trust documents as well as press releases and links to when Crop Trust has been featured in the news.

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Harnessing Africa's Vegetable Heritage: Introducing the African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan (2025‒2035)

29 Aug 2024

Vietnamese merchant selling a variety of produce on a floating market on the Mekong River Delta. (Photo: Hadynyah)

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Eine Stiftung für die Ewigkeit

24 May 2024

Forest fire in Brazil. (Photo: Jose Moraes)

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Die Klimakrise und was die Pflanzenvielfalt damit zu tun hat

24 May 2024

A genebank technician busy checking rice quality at the IRRI in he Philippines. (Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

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Saatgutbanken: Eine Einleitung

24 May 2024

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Journey of a Seed in a Genebank

17 May 2024

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2023 Annual Report & Financial Statement

22 Apr 2024

New Rice Varieties to Help Vietnamese Farmers Future-proof Their Crop Against Climate Change

Photo: Mekong Delta Development Research Institute

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New Rice Varieties to Help Vietnamese Farmers Future-proof Their Crop Against Climate Change

26 Oct 2023

Ghana Genebank Becomes 100th Depositor to Safeguard Food Crops in the Seed Vault

Svalbard deposit. (Photo: Cierra Martin/Crop Trust)

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Ghana Genebank Becomes 100th Depositor to Safeguard Food Crops in the Seed Vault

23 Oct 2023

Field workers harvest samples of African rice for research and conservation. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

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The Seeds for Resilience Project

29 Sep 2023

Safeguarding a Future for the World’s Potato Genetic Resources

A variety of potatoes grown in the Parque de la Papa ( Potato Park) in Peru.

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Safeguarding a Future for the World’s Potato Genetic Resources

18 Sep 2023

Safeguarding a Future for the World’s Coffee Genetic Resources

Geisha coffee berries from Hacienda La Esmeralda in Panama. Hacienda la Esmeralda is renowned as the largest producer of Geisha coffee, a variety originally from Ethiopia, which arrived in Panama via the CATIE genebank in the 1960s. Over 400 different accessions (or sub-varieties) have been planted on their farm. (Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust)

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Safeguarding a Future for the World’s Coffee Genetic Resources

15 Sep 2023

IITA's genebank, Genetic Resources Center, houses the world’s largest collection of cowpea. Photo: Tchamba Marimagne/IITA

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Lasting Support Guaranteed for the Conservation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Crop Diversity

7 Sep 2023

Seed boxes carried into Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Seed boxes delivered to Svalbard Global Seed Vault. (Photo: Jonatan Jacobson, NordGen)

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Securing the Foundation of Our Food Supply at -18° Celsius

6 Jun 2023

2022 Annual Report & Financial Statement

Cao Phong District, Hoa Binh, Vietnam. Photo: Michael Major for Crop Trust

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2022 Annual Report & Financial Statement

11 May 2023

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Landmark Partnership Guarantees Long-term Support For Globally Important Collections of Beans and Forages

18 Apr 2023

New seeds are being deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

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15 Years of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

28 Feb 2023

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Farmer Ahmed El Aamri of Marchouch selected Jabal as his preferred variety. Among the many traits, he appreciated one that surprised the researchers was his preference for the black awns: a trait that was also possessed by an old variety his family used to grow on the farm when he was a child, and that made the best couscous he ever tasted. (Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust)

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Crop Trust 101

Harnessing Africa's Vegetable Heritage: Introducing the African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan (2025‒2035)

Eine Stiftung für die Ewigkeit

Die Klimakrise und was die Pflanzenvielfalt damit zu tun hat

Saatgutbanken: Eine Einleitung

Journey of a Seed in a Genebank

2023 Annual Report & Financial Statement

New Rice Varieties to Help Vietnamese Farmers Future-proof Their Crop Against Climate Change

Ghana Genebank Becomes 100th Depositor to Safeguard Food Crops in the Seed Vault

The Seeds for Resilience Project

Safeguarding a Future for the World’s Potato Genetic Resources

Safeguarding a Future for the World’s Coffee Genetic Resources

Lasting Support Guaranteed for the Conservation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Crop Diversity

Securing the Foundation of Our Food Supply at -18° Celsius

2022 Annual Report & Financial Statement

Landmark Partnership Guarantees Long-term Support For Globally Important Collections of Beans and Forages

15 Years of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Crop Trust Magazine

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

The Climate Crisis and What Crop Diversity Has to Do With It

Genebanks: An Introduction