Safeguarding Crop Diversity, Forever
The Crop Trust is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conserving and making crop diversity available for use globally, forever and for the benefit of everyone.
Our Vision
A robust global network of genebanks conserves the world’s crop diversity and makes it available to combat the effects of the climate crisis and secure sustainable, nutritious, equitable and resilient food systems, forever.
Our Mission
The Crop Trust is an international non-profit organization dedicated to conserving and making crop diversity available for use globally, forever and for the benefit of everyone.
To combat the effects of the climate crisis on our food systems, we grow and nurture an endowment fund which, through long-term funding, secures key collections of crop diversity in genebanks worldwide.
Working closely with our dedicated donors and partners, we coordinate and implement large-scale projects worldwide to secure crop diversity and make it available for use to secure global food and nutrition security.
Why We Need Crop Diversity
Crop diversity is essential for life on Earth. It underpins nearly everything we eat and drink. But it’s rapidly disappearing.
Building a Global Genebank Partnership
Strengthening a rational, efficient and effective global system of ex situ crop diversity conservation.