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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Breathing New Life into the Global Crop Conservation Strategies

The Crop Trust kicks off a new project funded by the German government.

Brewing a Future: Crop Trust and Germany Safeguard Costa Rica's Coffee Heritage

Brewing a Future: Crop Trust and Germany Safeguard Costa Rica's Coffee Heritage Recently, the world woke up to a collection of coffee at risk. The genebank at the Tropical Agricultural Research and…

Brewing up a Genebank Success Story

Brewing up a Genebank Success Story Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs I collect stories about genebanks making a difference. Well, somebody has to, and it’s kind of my job. I…

Brewing up a Genebank Success Story

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science and Programs

Bringing Diversity Back to Maize

Bringing Diversity Back to Maize 6,700 years ago the ancient Peruvians were eating popcorn – 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a study by the Museum of Natural History in…

Maize diversity. (Photo: Luis Salazar/Crop Trust)

Brushing Off Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Brushing Off Biotic and Abiotic Stresses New varieties of pearl millet that are more resilient to the effects of climate change are off to a promising start, a new study shows. Pearl millet is an…

Building a Global Genebank Partnership

Strengthening a rational, efficient and effective global system of ex situ crop diversity conservation.

Building a Resilient Future With the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS)

The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) is an initiative launched by the United States Department of State in February 2023 in partnership with the African Union and the Food and Agriculture…

Building a Stronger Genebank Network, One Connection at a Time

Building a Stronger Genebank Network, One Connection at a Time In a world in which growing food demand is about the only certainty, digital tools are helping genebanks conserve and share the crop…

Building a Toolbox of Sorghum Diversity

Building a Toolbox of Sorghum Diversity The wild, weedy relatives of our cultivated crops display all kinds of useful traits their domesticated cousins lack – traits that could make our agriculture…

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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.