Governance

The Executive Board is the principal decision-making body of the Crop Trust.

The Donors’ Council functions as a forum for the Crop Trust’s donors to express their views on the organization’s activities and operations.

The Crop Trust is recognized as an essential element of the funding strategy of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty).

Established in 2004 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and Bioversity International on behalf of the CGIAR, the Crop Trust is the only organization whose sole mission is to safeguard the world’s crop diversity for future food security.

The Crop Trust has established standards of conduct for its staff and executive management and Executive Board in line with the our approach and values.

The Crop Trust ensures transparency in all of our financial and operational processes. This includes adhering to internationally recognized principles for audited financial statements.