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.

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Wild Relatives: Not Just in Your Family

Wild Relatives: Not Just in Your Family Marie Haga | Marie's Corner Most of us have some wild relatives in our families. I can think of some in my own. It’s the same with crops – they too have their…

Wild Sorghum Offers Toolbox for Climate-Proofing Future Crops

Wild Sorghum Offers Toolbox for Climate-Proofing Future Crops Harnessing useful traits found in the weedy distant cousins (“wild relatives”) of domesticated crops to develop more climate-resilient…

Wired: Genebank Saved From Syrian Civil War

Wired: Genebank Saved From Syrian Civil War Lizzie Wade reports in Wired Magazine: when civil war erupted in Syria, Ahmed Amri, the genebank manager at the International Center…

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN DRY AREAS HAS A GENEBANK THAT PROTECTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ANCIENT SEEDS, INCLUDING MANY VARIETIES OF WHEAT AND DURUM. ICARDA

Wired: Svalbard's Icy Vault Welcomes First Tree Seeds

Wired: Svalbard's Icy Vault Welcomes First Tree Seeds Wired.co.uk reports on the deposit of tree seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in February 2015. The Global Seed Vault on the island of…

Women and Girls in Science

Fulfilling the Crop Trust’s mission to ensure the conservation of the world’s crop diversity would not be possible without the vital work of dedicated scientists around the world. An increasing…

Working Towards a BOLD Vision

Working Towards a BOLD Vision The Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project workshop held in Bonn, Germany in May 2023 marked a significant milestone. It was the…

Group photo, BOLD Workshop May 2023. (Photo: LM Salazar / Crop Trust)

World Agroforestry Center

Trees play a crucial role in almost all terrestrial ecosystems and provide a range of products and services to rural and urban people. As natural vegetation is cleared for agriculture and other…

World Economic Forum 2025

The Annual Meeting 2025 convenes global leaders to address key global and regional challenges. These include responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards, and…

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Cooperation in a Fragmented World

World Food Day 2021

World Food Day 2021 Introducing CIP-Matilde, a New Disease-Resistant Potato This World Food Day (16 October 2021), the Crop Trust and the International Potato Center (CIP) are announcing a new…

Farmer Mariluz Cardenas holds CIP-Matilde tubers.

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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.