Securing our food, forever
What is the solution to
global hunger?
Securing our food, forever
How many plants feed us?
Securing our food, forever
How can we make farming more sustainable?
Securing our food, forever
Does it matter if heirloom tomato varieties disappear?
Securing our food, forever
Are there agreements on the conservation and use of crop diversity?
Securing our food, forever
How can we make sure that everyone has enough nutritious food to eat?
Celebrating 20 years of Crop Trust
Our work
Latest Stories
New Online Experience: Conserving and Using Crop Diversity
The Crop Trust has launched a new online experience – Conserving & Using Crop Diversity.
This interactive website invites you to explore how the crops we eat are conserved, studied and used to build a more secure food future.
It...
10 Nov 2025
Darwin Initiative: Celebrating Sweet(potato) Success
The Crop Trust is proud to see the success of the Sweetpotato Project celebrated by the Darwin Initiative. The story highlights how farmers in Madagascar are now harvesting bigger, healthier sweetpotatoes thanks to clean planting...
7 Nov 2025
New Potato Variety Offers a Lifeline to Farmers Battling Blight
Genebanks and global cooperation deliver versatile, climate-resilient solutions for farmers
Lima, Peru (06 November 2025) – The same disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine nearly two centuries ago still devastates potato...
6 Nov 2025
The Millennium Seed Bank: 25 Years of Impact and Inspiration
As the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) marks its 25th anniversary, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is sharing its remarkable story with the world – and inspiring a new wave of awareness about the power of seeds.
Kew’s new podcast, Une...
27 Oct 2025
Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast: Dr Stefan Schmitz on the Crop Trust’s Mission
In the latest episode of the Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast, Dr Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust, joins host Kat Morgan for a wide-ranging conversation recorded during Climate Week NYC 2025. Together, they...
27 Oct 2025
New Online Experience: Conserving and Using Crop Diversity
This interactive website invites you to explore how the crops we eat are conserved, studied and used to build a more secure food future.
Ensuring Food and Nutrition Security
The Crop Trust is the only organization in the world that focuses solely on building and supporting a global system of genebanks for the conservation of crop diversity.
Seed samples stored in genebanks
$850m needed
received
partner institutions
Get involved
By donating to the Crop Trust, you're investing in the conservation of crop diversity and into making it available for use globally, forever and for the benefit of everyone.