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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The Wonderful World of Sunflowers

… for the Conservation and Use of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Genetic Resources, published in 2023, is one of the results. This identified more than 100 institutes around the world holding a total of…

BOLD strides into the future

Launched in September 2021, Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) is a 10-year project, that builds on the successes and achievements of the Crop Wild Relatives Project

Mushy or Not, Peas Need Strategic Support

… and culinary qualities demanded by the market. Review of the Status of Pea Collections In 2023, the Crop Trust published the Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Pea (Pisum sativum L.)…

Ehsan Dulloo: Mauritian Champion of Biodiversity Who Set Standards for Genebanks

… access to knowledge and best practices for the management of selected crops in genebanks. In 2023, the Curt Bergfors Foundation awarded its Food Planet Prize to the Agrobiodiversity Index, a project…

Eat Food? Choose Diversity!

… yield. “We need to pay farmers not just for what they produce, but how they produce it,” he argued in 2023. In this way, Pollan has helped shift the public conversation from food trends to food systems. He…

Germany Supports the Crop Trust to Safeguard and Use Crop Diversity Globally

… the changing environment and tough times ahead. The three-year project will run until the end of 2023 and includes EUR 4.5 million in funding.

New Global Assessment of Plant Genetic Resources Gets Underway

… in 2022, after which it will be presented to the Commission for endorsement and then publication in 2023. It is envisaged that the publication of the Third Report will provide the much-needed impetus for…

Food Forever: 2030 Strategic Plan

… the way to this goal, one sensible step at a time. The Crop Trust 2030 Strategic Plan, adopted in 2023, sets out the targets to be met by the end of the decade and provides a roadmap for achieving them. …

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Key Moments of 2025

… goals outlined in the 2030 Strategic Plan: Food Forever. The Strategic Plan was put in place in 2023 to guide the action towards our mission to conserve crop diversity for the long term and ensure it can…

Banking on African heritage

Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In

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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.