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GROW Webinar: What It Takes To Build an Eco-efficient Genebank for the 21st Century
Presented by: Peter Wenzl, Leader, Genetic Resource Program, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Peter is the Leader of the Genetic Resource Program at Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT since 2016. He came...
5 Oct 2022
6 Oct 2022
GROW Webinar: CGIAR Breeding - Who Benefits and How to Increase Those Benefits
Presented by Michael Quinn, Director of CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform & Accelerated Breeding Initiative Lead
5 Oct 2022
27 Apr 2023
GROW Webinar: How Can Genebanks Double the Diversity Available for Plant Breeding?
!! Please note the changed date: due to unforeseeable circumstances the GROW webinar is postposed to 8 December !!
Presented by: Nigel Maxted, Professor of Plant Genetic Conservation, University of Birmingham
Nigel Maxted was...
5 Oct 2022
8 Dec 2022
How About Them Apples? Research Orchards Chart a Fruit’s Future.
Scientists working in research groves, like one in Nova Scotia, are developing your favorite new apple variety.
Imagine reaching up to a tree branch and plucking an apple that’s unusually tall and narrow — a variety called Kandil...
29 Sept 2022
United States Contributes to Fund To Protect Collections of Crop Diversity Under Imminent Threat
NEW DELHI, India (28 September 2022) – The Government of the United States of America has announced it is making a contribution to the Emergency Reserve, a funding mechanism established jointly by the Crop Trust and the ...
28 Sept 2022
They’re Back: GROW Webinars for the Genebank Community
Genebank Resources on the Web (GROW) webinars are relaunching through a partnership between the Crop Trust and CGIAR to continue thought-provoking discussions within the genebank community.
28 Sept 2022
GB-9 Side Event: Safeguarding Crop Diversity in an Unpredictable World
We live in an increasingly uncertain world. Every day presents genebanks with fresh challenges. These challenges need new, urgent, imaginative responses. The Crop Trust and the International Plant Treaty Secretariat have responded...
19 Sept 2022
19 Sept 2022 - 19 Sept 2022