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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The need to conserve crop diversity within a rational, efficient global system has been recognized in various international agreements

Capsicum

The Crop Trust, along with its strategic partners, is developing conservation strategies to protect the genetic diversity of the world’s food crops. This initiative is funded by the German Federal…

Spicing Up Diets and Livelihoods with Peppers

Spicing Up Diets and Livelihoods with Peppers What behaves like a chameleon, comes in 50 shades of red, green, orange, yellow and even purple, and gets sweeter with age? It may sound like a…

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

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.

Five Recipes to Make in Celebration of Sustainable Gastronomy Day

Five Recipes to Make in Celebration of Sustainable Gastronomy Day On Sustainable Gastronomy Day, the Crop Trust has linked up with its partners from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT…

Safeguarding Ethiopian Wheat and Other Centuries-old Landraces in Svalbard

Safeguarding Ethiopian Wheat and Other Centuries-old Landraces in Svalbard Last week, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) deposited seeds of traditional…

Strengthening the Inclusion of Marginalized Groups in Ex Situ Conservation of Crop Diversity

Strengthening the Inclusion of Marginalized Groups in Ex Situ Conservation of Crop Diversity Farmers have selected, exchanged and conserved crop diversity for millennia, and continue to do so,…

Not Just K-crops on Korean Dinner Tables

Not Just K-crops on Korean Dinner Tables Just as the colorful mosaic of banchan dishes enhances a dinner table, Korean – and global – food security is enhanced by crop diversity. Dishes such as…

Greens from Asia for the World

Greens from Asia for the World In light of the second opening of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in 2023 and the World Vegetable Center’s deposit, which marks its 50th anniversary, we sat down to…

Boxes moved into Svalbard Global Seed Vault by NordGen Staff.

Securing the Foundation of Our Food Supply at -18° Celsius

Securing the Foundation of Our Food Supply at -18° Celsius The celebration of new deposits from 9 institutes, including international, regional and national genebanks, as well as smaller…

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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.