Global Crop Diversity Trust

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Global Crop Diversity Trust

"Our mission is to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide. The fight against hunger is one of the greatest challenges facing the world over the coming decades. Crop diversity is fundamental to defeating hunger and achieving food security. But it is at serious risk.

"An increasingly unpredictable and changing climate, and a world population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, will place unprecedented demands on agriculture. Conserving the vast diversity of crop varieties is the only way to guarantee that farmers and plant breeders will have the raw materials needed to improve and adapt their crops to meet these challenges - and provide food for us into the future." [1]

Donors [2]

Directors

Accessed December 2007: [3]

Contact details

Global Crop Diversity Trust
c/o FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome
Italy
Tel: +39 06 570 55142
Fax: +39 06 570 55634
Email: info AT croptrust.org
Web: http://www.croptrust.org

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References

  1. Our Mission, Global Crop Diversity Trust, accessed December 7, 2007.
  2. Donors, Global Crop Diversity Trust, accessed December 7, 2007.
  3. Directors, Global Crop Diversity Trust, accessed December 7, 2007.

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