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Collection of wild vigna cowpea in Nigeria

This project collected and regenerated 18 wild accessions of v. unguiculata subspecies baoulensis and 243 wild accessions of v. unguiculata var spontanea in Nigeria. Safety duplications were made and…

Collection of Yam in Nigeria and Benin

Despite the widespread cultivation of yam in West Africa, diversity from this area is still under-represented in germplasm collections. This project facilitated the collection, documentation,…

Consultation Meeting on Priorities and Plans for Increasing Access by Breeding Programmes and Farmers to Diversity for Yam, Pearl Millet, Sorghum and Cowpea in Mali

The funding for this project supported a meeting between between Malian scientists and scientists from CGIAR Centres, the Global Crop Diversity Trust, and FAO-GIPB. The meeting sought increase…

Consultation Meeting on Priorities and Plans for Increasing Access by Breeding Programmes to Diversity for Yam, Pearl Millet, Sorghum and Cowpea in Ghana

The funding for this project supported a meeting between between Ghanaian scientists and scientists from CGIAR Centres, the Global Crop Diversity Trust, and FAO-GIPB. The meeting sought increase…

Conserving banana diversity for use in perpetuity: strengthening the network of collections to improve access to wider diversity and safeguard threatened banana cultivars

This project focused on strengthening collections and exchanges within MusaNet in order to provide access to and promote the use of a wider range of Musa diversity to respond to the needs of…

Collection of wild relatives of potatoes, eggplants, lima beans, rice and sweet potatoes in Ecuador

Collection of wild relatives of potatoes, eggplants, lima beans, rice and sweet potatoes in Ecuador - Towards a more comprehensive coverage of the diversity of wild relatives in ex situ collections

Collection of wild crop relatives in Sudan

This project facilitated the collection of wild relatives in Sudan with a goal of 89 total accessions. The seeds were then extracted, cleaned, dried, and tested. Viable seeds were sent to the APGRC…

Collection of wild relatives in 12 crop genepools in Armenia by Armenian Botanical Society NGO

This project involved the collection of wild relatives in 12 crop genepools in Armenia, their evaluation, duplication, and storage in local seed bank.

Collection, multiplication, characterization and safety duplication of wheat and barley landraces from Nepal

This project facilitated the collection, multiplication, characterization, and safety duplication of wheat and barley landraces in Nepal. Before the project, about 540 landraces of wheat reported in…

Collection of the Wild Relatvies of Crops from Kenya

This project collected and analyzed wild accessions of potato, barley, banana, sweet potato, and bean in Kenya.

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