Crop Trust
Ex situ collections play a critical role in conserving crop diversity and supporting research, breeding and resilient food systems. The global botanical community is increasingly working to better ...
Potatoes are Kenya’s second most important food crop, supporting around 800,000 smallholder farmers and a value chain worth roughly 400 million USD. But their impact goes far beyond the farm, shapi...
Smallholder farmers in East Africa face rising costs from heavy pesticide use to fight late blight, one of the world’s most destructive potato diseases. In Kenya and Uganda, farmers may spray up to...
Modern potatoes come from a narrow genetic base, and pests, diseases and climate pressures are evolving fast. In East Africa, this puts farmers and food security at risk.
This first episode of the...
Meet our latest Seed Hero Dr Bart Panis 🍌
Dr Panis manages the banana collection at the International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC), hosted at KU Leuven, working on behalf of the Alliance of..
Tea is the world’s second most consumed drink after water, enjoyed by billions every day. But did you know that most of the tea we drink comes from just a few plant varieties?
Across the world, th...
Our Board Member and President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Joachim von Braun, highlights the importance of crop diversity and underscores a critical challenge: genebanks remain undervalu...
A historic milestone for global crop conservation!
For the first time, olive seeds have been deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, strengthening efforts to safeguard the genetic diversity o...
GROW Webinar: Development of new concise, data-driven crop reports: methodology, results, successes and limitations - meet the speakers:
Colin Khoury, Research Scientist, New York Botanical Garden...
The Islamic Organisation for Food Security (IOFS) and the Crop Trust have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation on food security, agricultural sustainability and the ...
Sweetpotato is grown in more than 100 countries. Drought tolerant and
adaptable, it supports food security worldwide. In parts of Africa and Asia,
the leaves are eaten daily:boiled, sautéed, or c...
Dr. Colin Khoury talks about the Global Strategy for the Conservation and Use of Capsicum Genetic Resources and the Plant Treaty.
Learn more about the Mainstreaming the Global Crop Conservation St...
🍈 Did you know jackfruit can weigh up to 55 kg and grow nearly a meter long? Packed with fiber, protein, vitamins A & C, and magnesium, it’s a popular meat substitute.
Enjoy it fresh, cooked, or
The Darwin Initiative–funded Sweetpotato Project successfully safeguarded and revitalized sweetpotato diversity from farmers' fields in Madagascar and Zambia.
Over the course of three years, throu...
Since 2007, the Crop Trust has facilitated the development of Global Crop Conservation Strategies to identify priority collections and actions to strengthen the conservation of plant genetic resour...
How can opportunity crops reshape food systems in Africa? In this session from the BOLDER event at the Crop Trust headquarters, experts explore production trends, market dynamics and consumer prefe...
From fonio to jute mallow, climate-resilient and nutrient-rich opportunity crops are gaining ground. These lesser-known crops hold untapped potential for building sustainable, diverse and equitable...
Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust and Co-Chair of the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security, emphasizes the importance of strategic partnerships and crop diversity in achi...
This week, the Crop Trust is visiting CIMMYT's genebank, which is home to over 28,000 maize and 123,000 wheat seed samples, and serves as a living library of crop diversity collections that support...
Back in February 2025, our team hosted a webinar introducing the platform’s latest features, including advanced filtering and visualization, and translations. We were delighted by the turnout and y...