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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Putting the Global Crop Conservation Strategies into Action

Between 2004 and 2019, the Crop Trust facilitated the development of 26 global crop conservation strategies by experts around the world. But to stay relevant, these strategies need to be regularly…

Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager

Q&A with AfricaRice Genebank Manager Following the recent AfricaRice deposit of 2,400 rice accessions to Svalbard, the Crop Trust sat down with Dr. Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop, Head of Genetic…

Q&A with Tim Schilling, World Coffee Research

Q&A with Tim Schilling, World Coffee Research Interview: LM Salazar | Crop Trust As we prepare for our next #CropsInColor trip, which will take us to Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador to explore the…

Q&A with Toby Smith: Four Questions and Four Images

Q&A with Toby Smith: Four Questions and Four Images Luis Salazar | Communications Manager Photographer Toby Smith recently visited southern Africa for the Crop Trust’s #CropsInColor campaign. From…

Quality at the Heart of Crop Diversity Conservation

Quality at the Heart of Crop Diversity Conservation Every seed in a genebank is on a journey. The journey starts when the seed is collected in the field, continues through various stages of…

Genebanks, the living libraries of crop diversity, benefit from following a Quality Management System, or QMS. This ensures that nothing goes wrong in the journey of a seed into, around, and out of the genebank. In this image, staff of the Genetics, Biotechnology and Seed Science (GBioS) unit at the University d’Abomey-Calavi in Benin inspects seeds conserved in a freezer. Photo: Neil Palmer/Crop Trust

Quality Matters

Quality Matters Marie Haga | Marie's Corner The job of the Crop Trust is to safeguard one of the world’s most important natural resources – namely plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.…

Rachel Kyte on Crop Diversity

Rachel Kyte on Crop Diversity In August 2014, Rachel Kyte penned an editorial in Scientific American on the importance of crop diversity to help our agriculture adapt to climatic changes. News out…

Radio Interview: ABC News Australia

Radio Interview: ABC News Australia Marie Haga was interviewed for a radio broadcast of PM for ABC News Australia. Listen…

Reaping What we Sow: The role of seed banks in a rapidly changing climate

Reaping What we Sow: The role of seed banks in a rapidly changing climate In a call for urgent action to better prepare the world to fight the effects of a rapidly changing climate, this session…

Recipes

All recipes created by the chefs for our various Food Forever Experiences are listed below. Get inspired to cook with diversity with some of our other recipes. Recipes

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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.