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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Securing Our Food Forever

In this period of reduced overseas development aid and declining grants from governments, it has become necessary and urgent for the Crop Trust to explore new ways to engage a broader group of public…

Building BOLDly on Success

Launched in September 2021, Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) is a 10-year project, funded by the Government of Norway, that will build on the successes and…

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Banking on African heritage

Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In…

Laying the foundations for better grasspea and finger millet

In 2022, the “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance” Project entered its fourth and final year.

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A guiding light for global crop conservation

Global Crop Conservation Strategies guide global conservation of genetic resources for key crops. In 2022, five new strategies and two updated strategies were completed and three others were in the…

If Life Gives You Lemons ...

If Life Gives You Lemons ... Many people will be familiar with the old adage, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” But life did not give us lemons. The lemon is not a naturally occurring…

A BOLD Future for Alfalfa: More with Less Water

A BOLD Future for Alfalfa: More with Less Water Nazarov Arken doesn’t hesitate when asked about the problems facing alfalfa growers like himself. “There’s our problem,” said the farmer from Yenbek…

Working Towards a BOLD Vision

Working Towards a BOLD Vision The Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) Project workshop held in Bonn, Germany in May 2023 marked a significant milestone. It was the…

Group photo, BOLD Workshop May 2023. (Photo: LM Salazar / Crop Trust)

Potatoes

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…

Global Guardians of Potato Diversity

Global Guardians of Potato Diversity In the highlands of Peru, a group of farmers safeguard their livelihoods and those of future generations. They are conserving the diversity of their staple food:…

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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.