Resources

Genebank Review of the World Vegetable Center Genebank (WorldVeg) comissioned by the Crop Trust.

Genebank Review of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) comissioned by the Crop Trust.

External Review of The Pacific Community’s Centre for Pacific Crop and Trees (CePaCT) genebank comissioned by the Crop Trust.

What are genebanks? They are places where seeds, and other living material, of thousands of different varieties of the world’s crop plants are kept safe. Their mission? To serve up, like a great chef, whatever the world's appetite for agricultural innovation demands.

Learn about Crop Trust's work, impact and results in our 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statement.

This baseline questionnaire was prepared to help assess a genebank's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Baseline data and metrics to inform strategies  for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. 

The climate crisis is all around us. Unprecedented heatwaves. Rivers that “ought” to flood once a century now burst their banks every couple of years.

Genebanks store genes. Not literally, although there are some specialized genebanks that do manage genes – the actual bits of DNA that give living things their distinct characteristics.

Crop diversity is under threat. Changes in land use, extreme weather...