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Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard

Plan B for Backup: Sweetpotato Seeds Go to Svalbard There’s a sweetpotato variety in Papua New Guinea called “Gimane.” But farmers prefer to call it “I don’t care.” Gimane earned this name because…

Plan for Bigger, Better Yams

Plan for Bigger, Better Yams Yields of yams could be boosted—and with them food security—by using their biodiversity more efficiently, according to a strategy for yam conservation facilitated by the…

Man standing and talking in front of yam crop.

Planet Wheat

Planet Wheat Every year farmers grow around $150 billion worth of wheat, providing 23% of the calories we live on. But some years it all goes wrong. 2010 was a bad year for wheat: a heat wave in…

Plant Collection Policy Overview

This course provides an introduction to plant collection policy for botanic curators/collection managers/data managers, who are interested in an introduction to plant collection policy and how this…

Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework

Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) constitute an integral component of agricultural biodiversity. PGRFA are crucial for sustainable agricultural production, adaptation to…

Plant Genetic Resources Program, Bio-resources Conservation Institute

Location Islamabad, Pakistan Parent Organization Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Overview The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) started the Plant…

Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute (PGRRI) Ghana

Location Bunso, Ghana Parent Organization Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Overview The CSIR–Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute (PGRRI) was founded in 1964 as Plant…

Plant Resources Center (PRC)

Location Nairobi, Kenya Parent Organization Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences Overview The history of the Plant Resources Center (PRC) dates back to 1986, when the Botanical Resources…

Plants in Print

Plants in Print It’s not very often that books with state-of-the art information on plant genetic resources come out, so when one does, it’s worth celebrating, and not just because I happen to have…

ICARDA Terbol Station in Beqaa Valley, Lebanon

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