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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New York Climate Week

New York Climate Week Unlocking Climate Solutions: Embracing Nature and Agricultural Heritage The climate crisis is threatening the global food system. Crop failures and poor yields are…

From Broccoli to Pak Choy: Brassicas Need a Global Network

From Broccoli to Pak Choy: Brassicas Need a Global Network To some people, broccoli is like math: You’re pretty sure that you won’t enjoy it, so you assume that you need to sugar-coat it – or,…

2022: A Year with Two Sides

2022: A Year with Two Sides Visit the 2022 Annual Report website 2022 has been a year with two different sides. On the one hand, the world is ramping up its efforts in fighting climate change.…

A Conversation with Chocolate’s Noah

A Conversation with Chocolate’s Noah The origins of chocolate can be traced back to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, who revered chocolate as the "Food of the Gods." They incorporated it into…

African Genebanks Build a Community

African Genebanks Build a Community Conserving crop diversity is not just about adventurous activities like trekking through the jungle on elephant-back to track down the “lost” wild relatives of…

National Plant Genetic Resources Centre (NPGRC)

10th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

10th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant…

19th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

19th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The 19th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will be held at…

2022 Annual Report

How does the Crop Trust support genebanks around the world? Learn more The Crop Trust was launched in 2004 to conserve and make crop diversity available for use, forever and for the…

Securing the world’s crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security. Photo: Shawn Landersz/Crop Trust

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Don’t let seed dormancy be a headache: how to understand, classify and overcome it Carol C. Baskin, University of Kentucky (USA) Early interest in seed dormancy and germination Theophrastus…

Reflecting on 2022

Reflecting on 2022 Visit the 2022 Annual Report website At the beginning of 2022, many of us expected this to be a year when life began to return to normal after the ravages of the COVID-19…

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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.