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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Peanut

Are you a fan of peanuts? Whether you love them in your PB&J sandwich or as a tasty snack, you might be surprised to learn that the peanut is facing some serious challenges. Peanuts, also…

Saving the World, One Seed at a Time

Saving the World, One Seed at a Time You know how some superheroes work silently and selflessly behind the scenes to save the world from an unseen threat? Genebank staff are a bit like that. They…

Building a Toolbox of Sorghum Diversity

Building a Toolbox of Sorghum Diversity The wild, weedy relatives of our cultivated crops display all kinds of useful traits their domesticated cousins lack – traits that could make our agriculture…

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GROW Webinar: How Can Genebanks Double the Diversity Available for Plant Breeding?

GROW Webinar: How Can Genebanks Double the Diversity Available for Plant Breeding? !! Please note the changed date: due to unforeseeable circumstances the GROW webinar is postposed to 8 December…

The Biodiversity Gift

The Biodiversity Gift Wambui Mbichi, host of the Farm to Table KE podcast, recently spoke to the Crop Trust's Nora Castañeda. Nora spoke about biodiversity and its contribution to food and…

Tracing the Ancestry of Groundnuts in Malawi

Tracing the Ancestry of Groundnuts in Malawi Take Home Messages Genebanks can provide plant breeders with the genetic diversity they need to improve crops. Several improved groundnut varieties…

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Urgent Action Needed as Farmer Varieties Disappear from Use

Urgent Action Needed as Farmer Varieties Disappear from Use A team of genebank specialists recently reviewed national crop genebanks in Uganda and Tanzania as part of the Biodiversity for…

BOLD funding for GridScore and Germinate

BOLD funding for GridScore and Germinate The Crop Trust's BOLD project has awarded the James Hutton Institute with funding to further develop its innovative software to support global food security…

Sarada Krishnan

Sarada Krishnan is responsible for providing oversight on the implementation of strategic projects and programs designed to support the Crop Trust mandate of securing the world’s crop diversity. She…

Devex Dish @ SXSW

Join us on Monday, March 13, 2023 on the heels of the official SXSW food program for an afternoon of dialogues to reimagine how we grow, produce, move and distribute food in a nutritious, equitable…

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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.