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Opportunity Crops Knowledge Base

  What are Opportunity Crops? Opportunity crops are plant species that open opportunities to improve food and nutritional security, but that are not used to their full extent due to factors…

Crop Diversity: A Solution for Today’s Hunger Crisis and Food Security Tomorrow

Crop Diversity: A Solution for Today’s Hunger Crisis and Food Security Tomorrow The world is facing three major food challenges, all at the same time. We need to produce more food, significantly…

Wheat regeneration at ICARDA's Terbol station in Lebanon. Credit: Crop Trust/Michael Major

Darwin Initiative: Sweetpotato Project Strengthens Communities

Darwin Initiative: Sweetpotato Project Strengthens Communities The Crop Trust is coordinating the Sweetpotato, a model for food security and long-term conservation of biodiversity project. The…

Norway Invests in the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund for the Future of Food Security

Norway Invests in the Crop Diversity Endowment Fund for the Future of Food Security The Crop Trust is grateful to the Norwegian government for steadfast support in conserving the world’s crop…

​​​Alta Sierra Alfalfa Gives High Hopes to Farmers in the Atacama Desert and Beyond

​​​Alta Sierra Alfalfa Gives High Hopes to Farmers in the Atacama Desert and Beyond “Alfalfa is what our livelihoods depend on, what our animals eat. It is important for my family now, and it was…

The Women’s Committee of Cotacachi: Guardians of the Chakras

The Women’s Committee of Cotacachi: Guardians of the Chakras This edition of our Seed Heroes series is about the Women’s Committee of UNORCAC in Ecuador, who safeguard crop diversity, promote…

Rice: A Story of Heritage

Rice: A Story of Heritage

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…

Crop Chronicles Podcast: Finger Millet - The Grandmother's Grain

Crop Chronicles Podcast: Finger Millet - The Grandmother's Grain There is a crop whose grain is gluten free, has more dietary fibre than brown rice and has more than 40% of essential amino acids. It…

Ehsan Dulloo: Mauritian Champion of Biodiversity Who Set Standards for Genebanks

Ehsan Dulloo: Mauritian Champion of Biodiversity Who Set Standards for Genebanks This month, Dr. Ehsan Dulloo joins the ranks of the Crop Trust’s Seed Heroes for his contribution to the development…

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