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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Brewing a Future: Crop Trust and Germany Safeguard Costa Rica's Coffee Heritage

… is resilient to climate change. When this valuable coffee diversity faced funding challenges in 2023, the Crop Trust and Germany stepped up and provided crucial support. In a collaborative effort to…

Breathing New Life into Global Crop Conservation Strategies

The Crop Trust worked with experts from around the world to develop and update strategies that will guide global efforts for the conservation of key crops.

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Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Genetic Resources

… genebanks at the global level. The interactive bubble map below shows the combined data retrieved in 2023 from Genesys and WIEW. In terms of the number of accessions, the diversity of the collections…

Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources of Selected Millets

… Roth. ex. Roem & Schult.) and kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum (L.)). was published in 2023 (Global Crop Diversity Trust 2023, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7544810). This document, developed with the input…

A guiding light for global crop conservation

Global Crop Conservation Strategies guide global conservation of genetic resources for key crops. In 2022, five new strategies and two updated strategies were completed and three others were in the

Brassica_Summary.pdf

… of the Global Strategy for the Conservation of Brassica Genetic Resources (Allender and Giovannini 2023). This summary supports decision making by the stakeholders of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic…

Securing our food, forever

The Crop Trust continues to work on initiatives to deepen its network of government donors and establish partnerships with the private sector, NGOs and multilateral development institutions, both in

Building a Resilient Future With the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)

… and Soils (VACS) is an initiative launched by the United States Department of State in February 2023 in partnership with the African Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…

Risky Business: Safeguarding Crop Diversity in Genebanks

… serves as a crucial safety net in the event of catastrophic loss. Svalbard Deposit October 2023 (Photo: LM Salazar/Crop Trust) However, not all risks can be prevented or mitigated. This…

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.

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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.