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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.

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Program Activities Database

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An Effective, Easy-to-Use Information Management System for Worldwide Germplasm Management Needs

This project oversaw the development of a plant genetic resource software: the GRIN-Global Information System. It was designed to be an "effective, easy-to-use information management system for…

Analysis of the costs of conservation activities at The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) and analysis of germplasm distribution data of The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) between 2003 and 2009

This project aimed to determine the costs of ongoing maintenance and regeneration of germplasm, including the cost of morphological and molecular characterization of accessions. It also identified…

Agro-morphological characterization of West and Central African accessions selected from the GCP pearl millet reference collection

Throughout this project, the ICRISAT, in collaboration with IER, Mali and LCRI, agro-morphologically characterized 74 accessions of pearl millet and evaluated 81 accessions for resistance to striga…

Agro-morphological characterization of Burkina Faso rice germplasm in lowland and irrigated conditions

During this project with Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso, in collaboration with AfricaRice, characterized 332 accessions of rice for 13 agro-morphological…

Using Bean populations derived from P. acutifolius to advance toward generation of new bean varieties and discerning the traits and genetic base associated to heat tolerance

In the first phase of the project, new wild accessions from P. acutifolius were identified as tolerant to high temperature, under greenhouse and field conditions, and were crossed to common bean…

BOLD Emergency with SPGRC, Zambia

Emergency support for the procurement of a solar power system at SPGRC, Zambia

Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Collecting, Protecting, and Preparing Crop Wild Relatives

This project produced a portfolio of plants that contains a list of characteristics required for adapting the world’s most important food crops to climate change. It was produced in a form that plant…

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