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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We are dedicated to conserving and making crop diversity available for use globally, forever and for the benefit of everyone.

Ministerial Luncheon: Less Rain, More Grain

Ministerial Luncheon: Less Rain, More Grain Agricultural Biodiversity and Water: Less Rain, More Grain The Crop Trust, with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, will…

Millets_Summary.pdf

Pearl millet, Zimbabwe. Photo: Michael Major Global strategy for the conservation and use of genetic resources of selected millets: summary for ITPGRFA stakeholders This document is a concise…

Crop Strategy: Millets (lowres)

Crop Strategy: Millets (lowres) GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES OF SELECTED MILLETS The International Treaty ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD…

Millets_Conservation_Strategy.pdf

Conserving MILLETS The little grains with a big future Millets are among the oldest foods we eat – proso and foxtail millets were some of the first domesticated grains. We’ve cultivated proso…

Millets: Use Them or Lose Them

Millets: Use Them or Lose Them 2023 marks the International Year of Millets – hardy, nutritious crops that are in decline. A recently published global conservation strategy maps out how to keep…

Millets

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…

Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit

Midnight Sun Shines on Latest Svalbard Global Seed Vault Deposit 19,391 seed samples from 11 genebanks will be added Largest deposit will be made by the World Vegetable Center, including seeds…

Middle East Eye: From El-Obeid to the Arctic – The Secret Mission That Saved Over 2,000 Seeds from Sudan

Middle East Eye: From El-Obeid to the Arctic – The Secret Mission That Saved Over 2,000 Seeds from Sudan In December 2023, the civil war that had broken out the previous April between the Sudanese…

Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia is a country in the western Pacific Ocean, and comprises over 600 islands. It has a population of 105,576. Micronesia’s principal economic activities are…

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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.