Genetic Resources Institute

The Crop Trust is a non-profit international organization dedicated to conserving crop diversity and making it available for use globally, forever, for the benefit of everyone.

We work with donors and partners to lead global projects that protect crop diversity, conserve crop wild relatives and develop technology to make this diversity accessible worldwide.

We seek professionals with a passion for global food security and a strong drive to contribute to our mission of conserving crop diversity for future generations.

Headquarter: Azerbaijan Website: https://www.genres.az/en

Location

Baku, Azerbaijan

Parent Organization

Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Overview

The Genetic Resources Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences was established in early 2003 to ensure of creation and management suitable country network for the collection, protection and effective use of consistent and purposeful research of genetic resources of biodiversity.

Mission

Genetic Resources Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences is a leading academic research institute responsible for survey, collection, preservation, conservation and documentation of biodiversity, and carries out fundamental researches on plant genetic resources of Azerbaijan. It is a national coordination institute, focal scientific center which plays coordinating role between the relevant institutions of the country which deal with biodiversity.

The Collection

The Genetic Resources Institute conserves 12,721 accessions in Genesys, including 894 accession of wheat (Triticum spp.), 639 accessions of barley (Hordeum spp.) and 562 accessions of chickpea (Cicer arietinum).

Related Projects

The Genetic Resource Institute partnered with the Crop Wild Relatives Project to collect crop wild relatives and mainstream the wild gene pool in barley and grasspea breeding programs with the purpose of adapting for climate change