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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The International Plant Treaty

The Crop Trust is recognized as an essential element of the funding strategy of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty).

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations panel

The James Hutton Institute (JHI)

Location Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Overview The James Hutton Institute (JHI) was founded in 2011 through the merger of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and the Scottish Crop…

The Last Crop Before the Desert

The Last Crop Before the Desert “I’ve never seen barley looking this great before!” El Kbir Safraoui couldn’t hold back his excitement about the crop growing in his fields. And he had seen a lot of…

The Millennium Seed Bank: 25 Years of Impact and Inspiration

The Millennium Seed Bank: 25 Years of Impact and Inspiration As the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) marks its 25th anniversary, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is sharing its remarkable story with the…

The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing

This course provides an overview of the legal and historical perspectives that led to the development of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing (Multilateral System). It emphasizes the…

The New Indian Express: 'Conserving Seeds in Genebanks Vital'

The New Indian Express: 'Conserving Seeds in Genebanks Vital' The New Indian Express reports on the importance of conserving seeds in genebanks. Marie Haga, executive director of the Global Crop…

The New York Times: The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds

The New York Times: The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds The world’s seed savers are racing to safeguard the world’s crop diversity in “the world’s doomsday garden shed,”…

Seeds from Palestine are carried into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The Seed Vault provides a safe haven, supporting global initiatives to preserve crop diversity against climate threats and geopolitical challenges. Credit: Jonatan Jacobson/NordGen

The One That Makes the Daughter-In-Law Cry and Other Potato Recipes From the Women of the Potato Park

The One That Makes the Daughter-In-Law Cry and Other Potato Recipes From the Women of the Potato Park Is there a food that’s more emblematic of Peru than the potato? Long, round, bumpy, yellow,…

The Perfect Fry: Breeding Potato Varieties to Satisfy the Market

The Perfect Fry: Breeding Potato Varieties to Satisfy the Market Chips, French fries, pomme frites, or fries za kifaransa in Swahili. Whatever you call them, fried potatoes are among the world's…

The Perfect Potato

The Perfect Potato The potato is eaten all over the world, but the original home of the potato was the Andes. The Crop Trust traces the path of some potatoes from the Andes to Svalbard to Germany.

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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.