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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The Crop Trust Welcomes Dr. Sarada Krishnan as Director of Programs

The Crop Trust Welcomes Dr. Sarada Krishnan as Director of Programs The Global Crop Diversity Trust is excited to announce that, after a thorough and competitive recruitment process, Dr. Sarada…

The Daily Meal on the DivSeek Initiative

The Daily Meal on the DivSeek Initiative The Daily Meal reports on DivSeek "International Partnership Creating Biodiversity Database" Agricultural gene banks' stores of seeds and organic…

The Economist: Banking Against Doomsday

The Economist: Banking Against Doomsday The Economist reports on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in its print edition in March 2012. With a heavy clunk, the steel outer doors of the Svalbard Global…

The Eggplant CWR Pre-Breeding Project

The Eggplant CWR Pre-Breeding Project Valencia, Spain (15-16 May 2014) – Why eggplants? Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important vegetable crop, especially in tropical and subtropical…

The Establishment and the Constitution of the Crop Trust

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…

The Eternal Flame

The Eternal Flame Can rice breeding cut four minutes off the world’s favorite recipe? Rice is the most frequently cooked and eaten grain on the planet, with well over a billion cooks bringing a pot…

The First Seed Deposit of 2016

The First Seed Deposit of 2016 The University of Okayama in Japan and Seed Savers Exchange in the United States recently deposited samples of some of the world's most celebrated crops…

The Food Forever Initiative

The Food Forever Initiative Marie Haga | Marie's Corner 2.5 can mean anything. Percent. Degrees. Kilometers. Kilos. Centimeters. For everyone connected to biodiversity it has a very special…

The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world

The Food Forever Solutions Summit: How the diversity of our foods can help feed us in a changing world Food of the future was the hot topic at the inaugural Food Forever Solutions Summit earlier this…

The Future Is Indeed Sweet for Sweetpotato Farmers in Zambia

The Future Is Indeed Sweet for Sweetpotato Farmers in Zambia The Crop Trust has signed an agreement with Zambia’s national genebank under the Seeds for Resilience Project to help safeguard the…

Maria Mtele holds recently harvested orange-fleshed sweet potatoes in a field in Mwasonge, Tanzania. Maria is a mother of 5 and farmer in Tanzania who relies on farming for food and income. Through a local agricultural program, Maria learned about a new crop of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, specifically bred to thrive in sub-Saharan Africa. They taught her about soil irrigation, crop multiplication, and how to get her crops to market. She is now a leader in her farming group and teaches others what she?s learned. Maria increased her families? income and she is using this new income to build a new, sturdy home.

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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.