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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Explore our library of key documents and publications — including reports, policies, factsheets, infographics, and more — that support and inform the work of the Crop Trust

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 2

Transferring diversity of goat grass to farmers’ fields through the development of synthetic hexaploid wheat.

1 Dec 2019

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 3

The contribution of the International Rice Genebank (IRG) to varietal improvement and crop productivity in Eastern India.

1 Dec 2019

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 4

The demand for Bioversity’s banana germplasm in Africa and Asia.

1 Dec 2019

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 5

Searching for sources of resistance to taro leaf blight in collections from the Pacific.

1 Dec 2019

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 6

Andean Potato Diversity Helps Agricultural Development in Uganda: Victoria and the Contribution of the CIP Genebank.

1 Dec 2019

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 7

Tracing the benefits of tree germplasm distributions by ICRAF: Calliandra calothyrsus and Gliricidia sepium.

1 Dec 2019

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Genebank Impacts - Working Paper No. 9

Dynamic conservation of genetic resources: Rematriating the maize landrace Jala.

1 Dec 2019

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2019 Annual Report & Financial Statement

Learn about Crop Trust's work, impact and results in our 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statement.

20 Nov 2019

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Crop Trust Appoints New Executive Director

Bonn, Germany (12th November 2019) – The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) announced today the appointment of Dr. Stefan Schmitz as its next Executive Director. Dr. Schmitz will take up his position in early 2020,...

12 Nov 2019

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Poland, Slovakia Now Among Depositors to Svalbard Global Seed Vault

21 October 2019, SVALBARD, NORWAY – Having made the trek from Europe and Africa to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, approximately 30,000 seed samples have a new home.

Today, they join nearly one million others in the...

21 Oct 2019

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Genebank Review: CIMMYT (2019)

20 Oct 2019

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Genebank Review: ICARDA (2019)

19 Jul 2019

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Genebank Review: IRRI (2019)

3 Jun 2019

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2018 Annual Report & Financial Statement

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8 May 2019

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Crop Trust Magazine

1 Apr 2019

A farmer of the Thái ethnic group carries tree seedlings to be planted between fields of cassava in Sơn La Province. The many minority groups of this remote and mountainous region practice diverse farming systems that often include cassava as a key part. The popular varieties, bred for the region, grow relatively low and dense as they efficiently use sunlight to produce their starchy edible roots under the soil.

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The Crop Trust Expands its #CropsInColor Palette

A Sensory Journey of Our Food Crops

BONN, Germany, September 2018 – Today, the Crop Trust launches the second phase of #CropsInColor, an image-led storytelling campaign that celebrates crop diversity around the world.

Phase II,...

10 Sep 2018