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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Quality at the Heart of Crop Diversity Conservation

Quality at the Heart of Crop Diversity Conservation Every seed in a genebank is on a journey. The journey starts when the seed is collected in the field, continues through various stages of…

Genebanks, the living libraries of crop diversity, benefit from following a Quality Management System, or QMS. This ensures that nothing goes wrong in the journey of a seed into, around, and out of the genebank. In this image, staff of the Genetics, Biotechnology and Seed Science (GBioS) unit at the University d’Abomey-Calavi in Benin inspects seeds conserved in a freezer. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

Organic Plant Breeding: Module 2

The LiveSeeding project offers a set of 5 training packages, organized in 25 Modules on organic breeding and organic seed production, including online and on-site sessions. These materials offer a…

Seed Vigor Concepts and Testing

Provide a basic understanding of the concept of seed vigor, methods for seed vigor testing, and the relationship of crop performance. This course offers certification.

Seed Processes: Storage and Deterioration

Environmental conditions and management factors influencing storage and deterioration of seeds, including physiological and biochemical changes. This course offers certification.

Seed Quality--Seed Production and Genetics

Whether you are a seed analyst, a seed producer, or a farmer, seed quality is very important to you. This course is valuable to anyone wanting to learn about seed quality, especially for those who…

Seed Germination and Viability

This course introduces germination and other seed viability testing. Students become familiar with the source of the germination working sample, the AOSA rules for performing the standard germination…

Seed Purity Analysis

This course teaches students how to assess the quality of seed lots destined for planting purposes and how to perform these assessments accurately. This course offers certification.

FAO: Ukraine Opens New Duplicate Centre to Safeguard National Plant Genetic Resources

FAO: Ukraine Opens New Duplicate Centre to Safeguard National Plant Genetic Resources The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Ukraine, with the financial support of the…

Seed Conditioning 107 - Seedborne Disease and Treatments

Seed can serve as a pathway for introducing plant diseases and other pests to new environments and new countries. The risk to agriculture is very high should a new pathogen become introduced and…

Seed Conditioning 106 - Caryover Seed, Inventory and Storage

Seed lots are not always used entirely each planting season. Seed that was purchased or grown this year may require storage to be carried over to subsequent planting seasons. When seed is carried…

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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.