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In 2025, deposits into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault showcased the power of collaboration in securing the future of food. Eight new depositors joined longtime contributors in adding more than…

In 2022, the “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance” Project entered its fourth and final year.

A new project is preserving sweetpotato landraces from Madagascar and Zambia, cleaning them of diseases so they can yield better, and putting them back into the hands of farmers.

Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In…

In 2022, no fewer than 30 genebanks from 28 countries deposited a total of nearly 85,000 seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

The Crop Trust made a number of important institutional strides forward in 2022, including: receiving an endowment contribution from a private company; signing of a memorandum of understanding with…

It was a challenging year for investment markets due to geopolitical turmoil, rising interest rates and inflationary pressures. However, the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund was set up with a long-term…

In 2025, Crop Trust advocacy and activities advanced efforts on the three strategic goals outlined in the 2030 Strategic Plan: Food Forever. The Strategic Plan was put in place in 2023 to guide the…

CROP DIVERSITY FINANCIALLY SECURE USD 398M market value of the Endowment Fund at the end of 2025, with USD 7.2m in project contributions received and new tech sector engagement. CROP…

In 2025, the Crop Trust strengthened its global presence, positioning crop diversity at the center of major conversations shaping the future of food systems. From AI to climate adaptation and…