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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Crop Wild Relatives

2011-2021 The Crop Wild Relatives Project (formally titled “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Collecting, Protecting, and Preparing Crop Wild Relatives”) brought together institutions,…

Crop Wild Relatives

Crop Wild Relatives The Crop Wild Relatives Project goal is to collect many of the most important species of crop wild relatives, ensure their long-term conservation and facilitate their use in…

Crop Wild Relatives Project Delivers Beyond Expectation

The 11-year Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) project, funded by the Government of Norway, came to an end in 2021 after achieving or exceeding all of the goals it had set, including releasing several new…

Crop Wild Relatives: Pre-breeding

Crop Wild Relatives: Pre-breeding Increasing temperatures are pushing potato farmers higher up the Peruvian Andes. But what if rather than trying to escape climate change, they confront it? They…

Crop Wild Relatives: The Nexus of Conservation and Agriculture

Crop Wild Relatives: The Nexus of Conservation and Agriculture Sir Peter Crane | President OSGF & Crop Trust Executive Board Member The end of October was a busy time for the Crop Trust with the…

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Crops

Opportunity Crops Explore detailed information about 20 unique opportunity crop species: amaranth, Bambara groundnut, baobab, chayote, cowpea, finger millet, fonio, horse gram, jackfruit tree,…

Crops and Leaders in Focus

Crop Chronicles In 2024, the Crop Trust launched Crop Chronicles, a multimedia series on the importance of seven crops in global agriculture – alfalfa, barley, durum wheat, finger millet, grasspea,…

Crops in Color

The CropsinColor campaign highlights not only the importance of crop diversity for food security and adaptation to climate change, but its beauty – found all around us.

Crops in the Pacific Get a Boost to Withstand Climate Change

Crops in the Pacific Get a Boost to Withstand Climate Change Long-term food security in the Pacific is getting a much needed boost from the government of New Zealand and the Crop Trust. Prime…

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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.