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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Landmark Launches in Lima

We organized the Crop Diversity Day 2025 in Lima in advance of GB-11 with focus on innovation and partnerships, kicking off a week of engagement for the Crop Trust. Co-hosted by the…

Landmark Partnership Guarantees Long-term Support For Globally Important Collections of Beans and Forages

Landmark Partnership Guarantees Long-term Support For Globally Important Collections of Beans and Forages 18 April 2023, Cali, Colombia – A new Long-term Partnership Agreement (LPA) signed today…

Landrace Conservation Offers Hope in Race to Collect Crop Diversity

A new global analysis is a big step in assessing the maintained diversity of landraces within 25 major crops in the genebanks worldwide.

Lao National Genebank, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI)

Location Rice and Cash Crop Research Center, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Nongviengkham Village, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Laos Parent…

Lasting Support Guaranteed for the Conservation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Crop Diversity

Lasting Support Guaranteed for the Conservation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Crop Diversity Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 7 September 2023 – The future of some of Africa’s most beloved staple crops,…

IITA's genebank, Genetic Resources Center, houses the world’s largest collection of cowpea. Photo: Tchamba Marimagne/IITA

Latin American Crop Collections Rescue Effort

Latin American Crop Collections Rescue Effort SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA (7 April 2011)—Crop specialists in Central America announced today that a major rescue effort is underway in one of the…

Launch of Svalbard’s 100-Year Seed Experiment

Launch of Svalbard’s 100-Year Seed Experiment Safeguarding the foundation of our food system for future generations. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway (27 August 2020) - A unique 100-year…

Photo: Svalbard Global Seed Vault/Riccardo Gangale

Launch of The Third Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The launch of the Third Report will take place during a side event at the Twentieth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. At the event, a summary of the key…

Laying the foundations for better grasspea and finger millet

In 2022, the “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance” Project entered its fourth and final year.

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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.

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