The Crop Wild Relatives Project The Crop Wild Relatives Project (CWR) is a major global effort to conserve CWR and facilitate their use in crop breeding for food security. Learn more about the project
Crop Wild Relatives CWR are the wild ‘cousins’ of our cultivated crops. Much like the wolf is related to the dog, CWR are related to our food plants and contain useful diversity, for adapting crops to climate change. Discover the video
The Crops Project activities focus on collecting and conserving the wild relatives of 29 crops and pre-breeding for 19 crops. Discover the crops