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2020 Annual Report Letter from the Executive Director An excerpt from our recently published 2020 Annual Report by Executive Director Stefan Schmitz No aspect of the Crop Trust’s work in 2020 was…

Germany Supports the Crop Trust to Safeguard and Use Crop Diversity Globally SEE PRESS RELEASE A Q&A with Crop Trust Executive Director, Stefan Schmitz A new project, funded by the German…

Crop Trust 2020 Annual Report We are pleased to share the achievements that we and our partners have achieved during the last year in our 2020 Annual Report. Read the Annual Report

More than 30,000 Seed Samples from Seven Genebanks Secured in Svalbard Global Seed Vault A total of 85 boxes with thousands of seed samples will be deposited this week in the Svalbard Global Seed…

Genebank Resilience Tested as Pandemic Enters Second Year In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, and countries around the world instituted lockdowns…

Diverse Food is the Real Low-Cost Food Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director When the first Model T rolled off his assembly line, Henry Ford revolutionized the economy. Industrial mass production…

A Window of Opportunity for a Sustainable Future Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director It is often said that in the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity. These insightful words apply to the…

Plants in Print It’s not very often that books with state-of-the art information on plant genetic resources come out, so when one does, it’s worth celebrating, and not just because I happen to have…

US Crop Wild Relatives Desperately Need Conserving From sunflowers to blueberries, cranberries and blackberries to pecans and squash, the United States is home to a variety of widely eaten crops and…

Crop Trust a Finalist for Food Planet Prize The Global Crop Diversity Trust is honored to be recognized as a finalist for the 2020 Food Planet Prize, which was established by the Curt Bergfors…