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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Wild Potatoes Offer New Options for East African Farmers

Wild Potatoes Offer New Options for East African Farmers Potatoes are Kenya’s second most important staple after maize, supporting 3.3 million jobs and contributing around USD 324 million to the…

How Does the Endowment Fund Work?

The Crop Trust invests its money in a diversified range of low-risk financial instruments to generate sufficient returns for this purpose. As of 30 June 2026, the Endowment Fund received USD 302…

Endowment Fund

The Crop Trust’s Endowment Fund provides long-term, sustainable funding to help safeguard the world’s crop diversity. Contributions from governments and other donors are invested across a…

Yassine Nahdi

Yassine Nahdi is a Genebank Information System Officer at the Crop Trust, where he supports genebanks worldwide in implementing and using the GRIN-Global Community Edition (GGCE), a community-driven…

Celebrating Potato

The potato – wild roots, resilient future Potatoes are everywhere. Fried, mashed, baked and boiled – they are part of everyday meals for people around the world. Part of our history, part of our…

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault Partners Direct Princess of Asturias Prize Money Toward Safeguarding Vulnerable Seed Collections

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Partners Direct Princess of Asturias Prize Money Toward Safeguarding Vulnerable Seed Collections The EUR 50,000 award will support genebanks to secure important crop…

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault partners and the International Plant Treaty announce at a Princess of Asturias Awards press conference that the prize money will help safeguard vulnerable seed collections – safeguarding crop diversity for future generations. Photo: Cody Gildart/Crop Trust

Noviria Syifaun Nafsi

Noviria holds an MSc in Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management from the University of Bonn, Germany. Prior to her master's studies, she worked as a cultivation manager on agricultural…

GROW Webinar: From Bits to Bites - Software Development for Genetics, Genetic Resources and Pre-Breeding

29 October 2026 - 15.00 - 16.00 CET

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The Crop Diversity Digest

From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.