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Enhancing dryland cereal, watermelon landrace and folk variety regeneration and germplasm conservation

Grant No

WP4 Zimbabwe LSU

Project Description

Regeneration of 3150 accessions of sorghum finger millet pearl millet and watermelon accessions in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault by LSU Zimbabwe.

Institute Name

Lupane State University (LSU)

Institute Country

Zimbabwe

List of Countries

Zimbabwe

Program Name

BOLD

Donor

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Start Date

1st of June 2022

End Date

31st of May 2024

Status

On-Going