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.

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Wild Carrot and Stick

Wild Carrot and Stick Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing…

Cultivated carrots and wild relative carrots freshly pulled from the ground.

Seeking Crop Elders

Seeking Crop Elders Scientists and crop breeders are racing to identify the wild ancestors of domesticated plants before a warming world hastens their demise.

Chickpea Wild Relatives: Using Science to Change the World

Lentil serendipity – and hard work

Durum Wheat Pre-Breeding for Food Security

The Women Finger Millet Advocates of Western Kenya

Selection by Stone

Selection by Stone Abdellah Bounagua clutched the stone tightly in his weathered hands. With it, he could cast one vote. The durum wheat farmer from Marchouch in northern Morocco wanted to make sure…

GROW Webinar: What It Takes To Build an Eco-efficient Genebank for the 21st Century

GROW Webinar: What It Takes To Build an Eco-efficient Genebank for the 21st Century Presented by: Peter Wenzl, Leader, Genetic Resource Program, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Peter…

BION Herbsttagung

BION Herbsttagung The Crop Trust's Director of Programs Sarada Krishnan is participating in the BION autumn conference on Thursday, October 20, 2022 where she'll give a lecture on the…

Witchweed, a weed and parasite found in finger millet field.

Wild About Bananas

Wild About Bananas Hunting for Drought Tolerance in Papua New Guinea Bananas were first domesticated in Southeast Asia, sometime between 5,000 and 8,000 BCE. They have since spread widely around…

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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.