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Increasing utilization of cowpea genetic resources by breeding programmes and farmers in Ghana

Breeding activities aimed at addressing biotic and abiotic constraints have reached advanced stages: 180 advanced breeding lines have been tested to select superior adapted lines; the…

Increasing farmers' and breeders' access to yam diversity in Togo

The Institut Togolais de Recherche Agronomique (ITRA), in collaboration with the Laboratoire d’Agrobiodiversité et Amélioration des Plantes Tropicales (LAPPT), surveyed the yam producing areas and…

Improving finger millet productivity through exploitation of wild germplasm (eleusine spp.)

This project aimed to address the low productivity of finger millet in East Africa through the use of wild relatives. The introgression of adaptive traits, such as tolerance to drought and resistance…

Improving data management and data quality of the IITA genebank

This project supported the improvement of data management and data quality of the IITA genebank through the addition of printers, scanners, tablets, and weighing balances to the IT system.

Improving data management system in the Myanmar Seed Bank (MSB)

The Global Crop Diversity Trust through the CWR Project provides support to the Myanmar Seed Bank (MSB) to strengthen its genebank information systems. This project upgrades the computer hardware and…

Improvement of rice varieties/breeding lines for low water availability in South and Southeast Asia

The School of Environment and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan collaborated with partners in Malaysia, Bangladesh, India and the International Rice…

Improvement of African maize germplasm by introgressing temperate genes to enhance nutritional quality and adaptability to climate change

This project with the African Centre for Crop Improvement crossed temperate low phytic acid mutants with African maize by introgressing temperate genesin to enhance nutritional value, earliness, and…

Improved conservation and availability of the crop diversity collections held by The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)

This project upgraded The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC)'s genebank operations to international standards by addressing backlogs in the regeneration of 1,629 accessions of highly threatened…

Implementation of GRIN-GLOBAL for Genebank Management at the Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees

This project facilitated the installation of the Grin-Global genebank management information system at SPC. The new system allows all of the genebank's data to be stored in one place, in one…

IITA GRC long-term conservation (cryobank) strategy for cassava

This project supported the improved conservation of cassava through field collection and cryopreservation of 50 cassava accessions in Nigeria.

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