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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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Potatoes

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…

Potatoes for a Changing Climate

Potatoes for a Changing Climate Climate change is reducing potato yields in some important production areas due to more drought, heat, and diseases like late blight and bacterial wilt. Our partners…

Potatoes, the Underground Heroes

Potatoes, the Underground Heroes The potato is the world's number three food, feeding more than a billion people. But potato late blight may be the world's number one plant disease threat. The…

Crop Strategy: Potato 2022 update (low res)

Crop Strategy: Potato 2022 update (low res) GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION OF POTATO The International Treaty ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE …

Potato_Summary.pdf

Global strategy for the conservation of potato: summary for ITPGRFA stakeholders This document is a concise summary of the Global Strategy for the Conservation of Potato (Nagel et al. 2022). This…

Power of Diversity Funding Facility

The Power of Diversity Funding Facility (PDFF) is a multi-donor initiative managed by the Crop Trust, dedicated to conserving, cultivating and promoting the consumption of relatively neglected…

Powering Conservation: Genebanks and the Shift to Renewable Energy

Pre-breeding Explained: A Project by Minerva University Students

Pre-breeding Explained: A Project by Minerva University Students The Crop Trust partnered with Minerva University through its Civic Projects initiative, bringing together the creative energies of…

Pre-Breeding For Dummies With Anna Backhaus

Pre-Breeding For Dummies With Anna Backhaus It's April. Night is falling in Agadir, a coastal Moroccan city bordering the southern Atlantic coast, and Anna is talking about her pre-breeding work and…

Pre-Breeding Work With Grasspea and Finger Millet Gets a Boost

Pre-Breeding Work With Grasspea and Finger Millet Gets a Boost Two food crops prized for their nutritional value and ability to survive temperature extremes, drought and poor soil are now receiving…

Grasspea at ICARDA’s facilities at Marchouch Station, Morocco. Photo: Michael Major/Crop Trust

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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.