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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News & Events The Crop Diversity Digest Featured Events Want to share a news tip or include your event on our site? Reach out to us at editor@croptrust.org.

GROW Webinar: CGIAR Breeding - Who Benefits and How to Increase Those Benefits

Presented by Michael Quinn, Director of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform & Accelerated Breeding Initiative Lead

The Climate Crisis and What Crop Diversity Has to Do With It

The climate crisis is all around us. Unprecedented heatwaves. Rivers that “ought” to flood once a century now burst their banks every couple of years.

Genebanks: An Introduction

Genebanks store genes. Not literally, although there are some specialized genebanks that do manage genes – the actual bits of DNA that give living things their distinct characteristics.

An Endowment for the Ages

Crop diversity is under threat. Changes in land use, extreme weather...

Is an Arctic Doomsday Vault the Answer to Climate and War-induced Food Insecurity?

Is an Arctic Doomsday Vault the Answer to Climate and War-induced Food Insecurity? A vault built on an Arctic island to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other…

Seed sample deposit to Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

How About Them Apples? Research Orchards Chart a Fruit’s Future.

How About Them Apples? Research Orchards Chart a Fruit’s Future. Scientists working in research groves, like one in Nova Scotia, are developing your favorite new apple variety. Imagine reaching up…

The Constitution of the Crop Trust

Key Messages from Crop Diversity Day 2022

Key Messages from Crop Diversity Day 2022 1. Global crop diversity is a prerequisite for future food and nutrition security, enabling us to adapt agriculture to the climate crisis, improve…

Panel of speakers at Crop Diversity Day.

Seeds: ‘Low-hanging Fruit’ for Food Security

Seeds: ‘Low-hanging Fruit’ for Food Security The Crop Trust highlighted the role of seeds in providing actionable solutions to the challenges facing the world’s food systems at a curtain-raising…

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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.