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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Securing Coffee's Future Starts with Protecting Its Diversity

Securing Coffee's Future Starts with Protecting Its Diversity At the International Coffee Convention in Trieste, the Crop Trust brought coffee experts together to explore how safeguarding genetic…

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What is the Genebank Academy and who is it for? The Genebank Academy is an online platform hosted by the Crop Trust, designed for genebank professionals, researchers and students worldwide who…

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are Opportunity Crops? Opportunity crops are plant species with unrealized potential to improve food and nutritional security. They are traditionally grown and used in certain…

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…

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…

Adapting Smallholder Farmers’ Crops to Climate Change Through Crop Diversity in the Pacific

Strengthening a rational, efficient and effective global system of ex situ crop diversity conservation.

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…

What Are The Funds Used For?

Disbursements from the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund have been used to support our long-term agreements with the international research centers of the Consultative Group on International…

What Will It Cost To Secure Global Diversity Forever?

The Crop Trust has calculated that an endowment fund of USD 850 million is required to generate the necessary annual returns (around 34 million) to guarantee that crop diversity will be available…

Our Commitment to Responsible Investing

Our commitment to responsible investing The Crop Trust, as a responsible asset owner, considers that responsible investment and good stewardship may enhance long-term Fund performance, and is…

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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.