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 is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in gender, nationality, and expertise. As a small but dedicated organization with a global mission, our team brings exceptional…

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Capsicum

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…

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Did you know there are more than 1,000 types of bananas? The wealth of food diversity in the world is amazing – but we're losing it every day. And what's more, we're not even using all the…

Calling All Coffee Lovers: Let's Save Coffee Together

Calling All Coffee Lovers: Let's Save Coffee Together Friday, 29 September 2017 – Starting today and culminating on Sunday, 1 October 2017, the 77 Member States of the…

Call for Action: Secure the Financing of Genebanks to Strengthen Resilient, Productive, Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems

Call for Action: Secure the Financing of Genebanks to Strengthen Resilient, Productive, Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems SEVILLE, SPAIN, 03 July 2025 – The UN Conference on Finance for…

CalaviGen

Location Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin Parent Organization University of Abomey-Calavi Overview Founded in 2015, CalaviGen plays a vital role in supporting the plant genetic resources…

C'est La Richesse

C'est La Richesse Of humanity’s essential food crops, perhaps none is less honored than Phaseolus vulgaris, labeled in both Latin and English as the “common bean”. Although it is certainly common,…

Building the Team Behind the Mission

Staff came together for training, planning and exchange, strengthening collaboration and leadership across the organization. A new Future Leaders in Crop Diversity program launched, bringing a…

Building Capacity in Collecting and Conserving Crop Wild Relatives

Building Capacity in Collecting and Conserving Crop Wild Relatives How do you go about finding and collecting seeds from a scraggly looking crop wild relative in a prairie or a tropical forest, when…

“Genetic resources safeguarded in a genebank are useful only if they are accompanied by data that is easy to access and can be trusted,” says Juan Carlos Alarcón, the GRIN-Global Frontrunner, who is pictured here far right with representatives from (L to R) Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. “The management of information is indispensable to safeguard the diversity of our crops. And, more importantly, to make it available to potential users.”

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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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