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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Climate-proofing Our Foods With Crop Wild Relatives

Climate-proofing Our Foods With Crop Wild Relatives This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and to our…

Coalition to Rescue Indigenous Pacific Island Crops

Coalition to Rescue Indigenous Pacific Island Crops SYDNEY (22 October 2010)—Hoping to save the vulnerable varieties of bananas painted by the artist Paul Gauguin, rare coconuts, and 1,000 other…

Coffee

Each delicious mug of morning brew begins with a coffee tree, belonging to the genus Coffea. While there are many species belonging to the genus, only two are commercially…

Collaboration Vital to Conservation of Coffee Genetic Resources

Collaboration Vital to Conservation of Coffee Genetic Resources The state of the global coffee industry was thrown into the public eye this summer as two of the world’s largest coffee exporters…

Coffea plant at the International Coffee Collection at CATIE.

Combatting Climate Change, One Seed at a Time

Combatting Climate Change, One Seed at a Time The largest agro-biodiversity collection in the world just got a little larger. Longyearbyen, Norway -- 18 October 2016: A total of 25 boxes containing…

Combatting Desertification and Drought with Crop Diversity

Luigi Guarino | Director of Science

Communique

Final Communique Summary of the Co-Chairs 14 November 2023, Französischer Dom, Berlin The Global Crop Diversity Summit brought together key stakeholders from the global Plant Genetic Resources…

Connecting for Better Outcomes for Farmers

Connecting for Better Outcomes for Farmers Joy Mugisha helped establish a seedbank in her village over a decade ago. One of more than twenty in Uganda, the Kiziba community seedbank serves as a…

Connecting Genebanks, Economics and Careers

Connecting Genebanks, Economics and Careers The Genebank Impacts Fellowship Two cohorts of young professionals have had the opportunity to leverage their passion for economics and agricultural…

HANOI, VIETNAM, 16 AUGUST 2016: Genetically engineered Cassava plants are transplanted in a experimental greenhouse at the Hanoi headquarters of the International center for Tropical Agriculture. CIAT’s mission is to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture. Backed by the Colombian government and Rockefeller, Ford, and Kellogg Foundations, CIAT was formally established in 1967 and began its research in 1969. CIAT’s staff includes about 200 scientists. Supported by a wide array of donors, the Center collaborates with hundreds of partners to conduct high-quality research and translate the results into development impact. A Board of Trustees provides oversight of CIAT’s research and financial management. CIAT develops technologies, methods, and knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to enhance eco-efficiency in agriculture. This makes production more competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient through economically and ecologically sound use of natural resources and purchased inputs. CIAT has global responsibility for the improvement of two staplefoods, cassava and common bean, together with tropical forages for livestock. In Latin America and the Caribbean, research is conducted on rice as well. Representing diverse food groups and a key component of the world’s agricultural biodiversity, those crops are vital for global food and nutrition security. In its work on agrobiodiversity, the Center employs advanced biotechnology to accelerate crop improvement. Progress in our crop research also depends on unique collections of genetic resources– 65,000 crop samples in all – which are held in trust for humanity. Alongside its research on agrobiodiversity, CIAT works in two other areas – soils and decision and policy analysis – which cut across all tropical crops and production environments. Center soil scientists conduct research across scales – from fields and farms to production systems and landscapes – to create new tools and knowledge that help reduce hunger through sustainable intensification of agricultural production, while restoring degraded land and making agriculture climate smart. CIAT’s work on decision and policy analysis harnesses the power of information to influence decisions about issues such as climate change, linking farmers to markets, research impact assessment, and gender equity. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Reportage by Getty Images for Crop Trust)

Conservation_Strategy_Flyer_2024.pdf

National Genebank of Indonesia. Photo: Michael Major Global Crop Conservation Strategies What are the global crop conservation strategies? In 2004, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) was…

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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.