Resources

This document summarizes the results of a technical review of the ILRI Forage Genebank conducted in 2025 to assess its progress toward eligibility for long-term support from the Crop Trust. The review evaluates improvements since...

This report presents the results of an external review of the CIMMYT genebank conducted by the Crop Trust. It evaluates the genebank’s activities, performance and management in conserving and providing access to important crop...

This independent external review, commissioned by the Executive Board, provides an objective assessment of the Crop Trust’s governance and leadership, programme impact and organisational effectiveness and efficiency. It reviews...

A global vegetable biodiversity initiative for a healthy and resilient future.

This policy establishes the principles, guidelines and best practices for the responsible and ethical use of AI within the Crop Trust. It aims to provide a basis to make decisions about how to develop, design, deploy and use AI...

Strengthening Genebank–Farmer Linkages: Insights from Ethiopia’s Germplasm User Groups

Germplasm User Groups as Bridges to the National Genebank of Kenya

Linking Conservation and Cultivation: The Role of Genebank User Groups in Ghana

Strengthening Crop Diversity and Resilience through Germplasm User Groups in Zambia

Strengthening Genebank–Farmer Linkages in Nigeria

The Benefit-sharing Fund: Investing in Farmers and Innovation

A window on the world's genebanks collections

This Investment Policy helps guide and support effective decision-making in relation to the investment of the Endowment.

Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) constitute an integral component of agricultural biodiversity. PGRFA are crucial for sustainable agricultural production, adaptation to climate change, economic development and improving smallholder farmers’ livelihoods.

Brochure with the most important information about the Crop Trust.

The African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan aims to combat hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and climate change by preserving and utilizing Africa's vegetable biodiversity. This initiative, aligned with global and regional...

Crop Trust’s Annual Report 2023 provides milestones and highlights from our work during 2023.

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.