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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Defining a Botanic Garden

This module is the first in the BGCI Botanic Garden Basics series and looks at how to define a botanic garden. This course is aimed to participants who are interested in setting up or developing a…

Seed Conservation

This course provides an introduction to seed conservation for botanic gardens or other seed conservation partners with limited or no skills in seed conservation or seed banking. By end of the course…

Pre-breeding: Distributing, Use and Regulatory Issues

This module addresses issues of how pre-breeding products are used, either in full-scale breeding programmes or directly by society, industry etc. Some background information on how pre-breeding…

Pre-breeding: Creating and Managing Variation

This course explains why parental selection is important and how it can be done effectively based on various types and sources of data and information. The issues associated with transferring traits…

Pre-breeding Project Management

This module explains why it is necessary to plan ahead in a pre-breeding programme. It covers the range of issues that need to be considered before embarking on a pre-breeding programme, stressing…

This course explains and defines pre-breeding and its context, identifying the situations to which it is best applied and its possible limitations. The potential of prebreeding to make optimal use of…

Darwin Initiative: Celebrating Sweet(potato) Success

Darwin Initiative: Celebrating Sweet(potato) Success The Crop Trust is proud to see the success of the Sweetpotato Project celebrated by the Darwin Initiative. The story highlights how farmers in…

New Potato Variety Offers a Lifeline to Farmers Battling Blight

New Potato Variety Offers a Lifeline to Farmers Battling Blight Genebanks and global cooperation deliver versatile, climate-resilient solutions for farmers Lima, Peru (06 November 2025) – The same…

Accelerating Progress on the SDGs Through Research, Innovation and Partnerships

Organized by Research Ireland and Irish Aid.

The Millennium Seed Bank: 25 Years of Impact and Inspiration

The Millennium Seed Bank: 25 Years of Impact and Inspiration As the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) marks its 25th anniversary, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is sharing its remarkable story with the…

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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.

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