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The Crop Trust supports the conservation of crop diversity in genebanks worldwide through the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund. The Crop Trust was established in 2004 to safeguard the world's food…

Safeguarding Crop Diversity For A Secure Future Conserving crop diversity is more urgent than ever in a world facing concurrent challenges of climate change, conflict and food insecurity.  …

The Crop Trust ensures transparency in all of our financial and operational processes. This includes adhering to internationally recognized principles for audited financial statements.

The Crop Trust's strategic plan 2030 describes how the organization will rise to the complex and interconnected challenges that our agrifood system faces. Food Forever sets the organization's…

Established in 2004 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and Bioversity International on behalf of the CGIAR, the Crop Trust is the only organization whose sole mission is to…

Stefan Schmitz joined the Crop Trust as Executive Director in January 2020. He leads the Crop Trust’s efforts in conserving and making crop diversity available for use globally and is responsible…

We are delighted to welcome you to the Executive Board Web Portal – this secure and restricted webpage will provide you with convenient access to past and current Board meeting documents…

Strengthening a rational, efficient and effective global system of ex situ crop diversity conservation.

At the heart of the Crop Trust is its endowment fund, a key foundational element that underpins its work.

The Crop Trust has calculated that an endowment fund of USD 850 million is required to generate the necessary annual returns (around 34 million) to guarantee that crop diversity will be available…