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.

Activities

The Power of Diversity Funding Facility will support activities in three main areas:

Securing opportunity crop diversity in genebanks. This activity includes safety duplication of seeds and characterization of traits, making sure that these crops are useful to breeders, researchers and farmers.
Strengthening opportunity crop value chains by addressing key barriers and creating favorable conditions for production and consumption. This includes actively engaging farmers and consumers to evaluate crops, carrying out nutritional characterization and enhancing seed systems.
Sharing knowledge and integrating scientific evidence into policy-making and global knowledge systems. This includes partnership building, policy advocacy, and data sharing to strengthen decision-making and promote opportunity crops.