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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Introducing the New Rhodes College Fellow

Introducing the New Rhodes College Fellow Maya Searle, a senior health equity major from Knoxville, TN, has been awarded The Steve and Riea Lainoff Crop Trust Fellowship in Honor of Cary Fowler ’71.…

Introduction to Documenting Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Plant genetic resources are most valuable when supported by accurate, complete, and accessible data. In this e-learning course, you will learn the principles and best practices of documenting plant…

Introduction to International Environmental Policies

This module is the third in the BGCI Botanic Garden Basics series and provides an introduction to the environmental policies and frameworks relevant for botanic gardens. It is aimed at botanic garden…

Introduction to Master Planning

This module is the second in the BGCI Botanic Garden Basics series and looks at how to develop a master plan for your site. This course is aimed to participants who are interested in setting up or…

Introduction to Pre-breeding

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…

Introduction to Seed and Planting Materials

This course provides an introduction to seed and planting materials. On completion, the students should be able to: Explain the importance of using quality seed and planting materials Assess what…

Introductory Course to the International Treaty on PGRFA

This course introduces learners to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Adopted in 2001, the treaty provides a legally binding framework for conservation and…

IOFS and Crop Trust Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Food Security Cooperation

IOFS and Crop Trust Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Food Security Cooperation The Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) have…

Iraq and Uruguay Deposit Crop Seeds at Arctic Doomsday Vault

Iraq and Uruguay Deposit Crop Seeds at Arctic Doomsday Vault At the last opening of the year, tightly packed seed packets from Iraq and Uruguay join more than 45,000 seed samples of crops from…

NordGen staff carry more than 45,000 seed samples from 14 different genebanks into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault at the October 2022 deposit. (Photo: NordGen)

Irish Aid Pledges Euro 3 Million on World Food Day

Irish Aid Pledges Euro 3 Million on World Food Day Dublin, Ireland (16 October 2006): Today is World Food Day. Despite progress achieved in agriculture and rural development, 850 million people 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.