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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 left untouched by the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Stefan Schmitz, a former Deputy Director General of BMZ, will lead the Crop Trust from early 2020. The Crop Trust works to conserve crop diversity and support the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Stefan Schmitz is the Executive Director of Crop Trust and a speaker at various events organized by Global Landscapes Forum. Learn more about his background, role and topics of interest in agriculture and food security.
Dr. Stefan Schmitz joined the Global Crop Diversity Trust as Executive Director in January 2020. Prior to his current role, Stefan was Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the “One World – No Hunger” Initiative at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and chaired the Steering Committee of the ...
In 2020, Stefan Schmitz was appointed Executive Director. With support from the German government, the Crop Trust launched the Seeds4Resilience Project project in 2020. The project will upgrade five national genebanks in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stefan Schmitz joined the Crop Trust as Executive Director in January 2020. He previously worked as Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the “One World – No Hunger” Initiative at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Stephan Schmitz is the leader of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an organization that aims to conserve and use crop diversity for food security and nutrition. He has worked in various fields of international cooperation, agriculture and food security at the German Federal Ministry and the OECD.
