Throughout 2025, Crop Trust communications emphasized the value of multilateral cooperation, highlighting collaboration with the International Plant Treaty ahead of GB-11. The communications team…
In 2025, deposits into the Svalbard Global Seed Vault showcased the power of collaboration in securing the future of food. Eight new depositors joined longtime contributors in adding more than…
External Review: Fit for the Future In 2025, the Executive Board commissioned an independent external review to assess the Crop Trust’s achievements over the past decade and provide guidance for…
Information systems are central to the effective conservation and use of plant genetic resources, whether at the level of the individual collection, using the likes of GRIN-Global, or at a global…
Seeds for Resilience is a five-year project supporting collections of key crops identified by partner genebanks in five sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. In…
A new project is preserving sweetpotato landraces from Madagascar and Zambia, cleaning them of diseases so they can yield better, and putting them back into the hands of farmers.
In 2022, the “Safeguarding crop diversity for food security: Pre-breeding complemented with Innovative Finance” Project entered its fourth and final year.
Staff came together for training, planning and exchange, strengthening collaboration and leadership across the organization. A new Future Leaders in Crop Diversity program launched, bringing a…
The Crop Trust’s Endowment Fund grew to USD 398 million, delivering a strong 14.3% return and generating USD 51 million in investment gains. Income from projects and other unrestricted…
Launched in September 2021, Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development (BOLD) is a 10-year project, that builds on the successes and achievements of the Crop Wild Relatives Project…
