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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Menus of the Future Should be Difficult to Decipher

Menus of the Future Should be Difficult to Decipher The global food system relies on just a fraction of foods. Just four crops - wheat, rice, maize and potato - provide 60 per cent of our calories.…

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Mexico

Mexico has a population of more than 119 million people. The agriculture and food sector in Mexico accounts for almost 5% of gross national income. It employs 15-20% of the country’s working…

Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia is a country in the western Pacific Ocean, and comprises over 600 islands. It has a population of 105,576. Micronesia’s principal economic activities are…

Middle East Eye: From El-Obeid to the Arctic – The Secret Mission That Saved Over 2,000 Seeds from Sudan

Middle East Eye: From El-Obeid to the Arctic – The Secret Mission That Saved Over 2,000 Seeds from Sudan In December 2023, the civil war that had broken out the previous April between the Sudanese…

Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit

Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit 19,391 seed samples from 11 genebanks will be added Largest deposit will be made by the World Vegetable Center, including seeds…

Millets

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…

Millets: Use Them or Lose Them

Millets: Use Them or Lose Them 2023 marks the International Year of Millets – hardy, nutritious crops that are in decline. A recently published global conservation strategy maps out how to keep…

Ministerial Luncheon: Less Rain, More Grain

Ministerial Luncheon: Less Rain, More Grain Agricultural Biodiversity and Water: Less Rain, More Grain The Crop Trust, with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, will…

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We are dedicated to conserving and making crop diversity available for use globally, forever and for the benefit of everyone.

Mongolia

Mongolia’s land area is roughly equivalent to that of the countries of western and central Europe. It has a population of over 3 million. Around three-fourths of Mongolia’s area consists of…

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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.