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.

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Sorghum: Lessons from a survivor

Sorghum: Lessons from a survivor Sorghum comes in a strong fifth among the world's important cereal crops – and nothing else matches its diversity of forms and uses. A stalwart of hot and dry areas,

Accessible Software for Accessible Seeds

Accessible Software for Accessible Seeds As any plant breeder and researcher will tell you, it’s all about the data. It’s the data that allows them to make smart choices about the crops they breed,

ICRISAT’s Damaris Odeny. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

An Initiative to Save Cryopreserved Crop Collections, Forever

An Initiative to Save Cryopreserved Crop Collections, Forever Many of the foods we cherish the most – bananas and potatoes, for example – don’t reproduce through seeds. They are propagated through

Combatting Desertification and Drought with Crop Diversity

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science

Sustainable Food Systems Begin with Resilient Seeds

Sustainable Food Systems Begin with Resilient Seeds As the global climate crisis continues to wreak havoc on our food systems, there can be no better argument that we need bold and proactive

Seed Conditioning 102 - The Influence of Seed Conditioning on Seed Quality

Seed conditioners play a unique role in modern seed production. Conditioners have the power to increase the quality of poor seed, and decrease the quality of good seed. While a grower has the ability

Colombia Chooses Its Opportunity Crops

Colombia Chooses Its Opportunity Crops In the final hours of the two-day workshop, the discussion really heated up. More than 40 stakeholders from all over Colombia had gathered at the event to

Seed Conditioning 105 - Quality Assurance: Seed Laws, Labeling, and Seed Conditioning Facility Management

The Seed industry exists to provide high quality seed to farmers and growers. The value of seed is a measure of its ability to establish the desired field stand at low planting rates, grow into

Citrus

The Crop Trust, along with its strategic partners, is developing conservation strategies to protect the genetic diversity of the world’s food crops. This initiative is funded by the German Federal

Crop Science Special Issue Shows Why Crops Need to Get Wild

Crop Science Special Issue Shows Why Crops Need to Get Wild When the Growing Gets Tough, the Tough Get Pre-breeding Much like dogs have wolves, our familiar crops have undomesticated relatives

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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.