This project identified 42 populations of bean, 73 populations of rice, and 45 populations of potato for the collection of crop wild relatives. The bean, rice, and potato seeds were shared with CIAT,…
This project facilitated the collection of crop wild relatives in Chile: 10 accessions of finger millet, 100 accessions of barley, 10 accessions of alfalfa, and 60 accessions of potato. The project…
This project aims to improve the genebanking capacity of the Genetic Resources Research Institute (GeRRI) through: 1) the modernization of the refrigeration system, 2) the provision of a seed…
This project oversaw the collection and conservation of wild relatives in the genepools of 10 crops in Ethiopia: cowpea (20 accessions), eggplant (120 accessions), finger millet (30 accessions),…
Abiotic stresses, such as heat and flooding, could amplify and become more irregular in Africa with climate change. Oryza glaberrima, an orphan crop species commonly known as African Rice, may…
This project helped the Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (ICTA) in Guatemala to update its genebank information systems. This activity was largely comprised of upgrades to computer…
This project supported the collection and conservation of wild relatives of 10 eggplant accessions, 5 accessions of finger millet, 15 accessions of pearl millet, 5 accessions of sorghum, 32…
This project collected wild relatives of finger millet, sweet potato, sorghum, lentil, rice, pearl millet, eggplant, vetch and cowpea from 69 populations in Uganda. Ten (10) of the 19 targeted…
Though cowpea tolerance of drought and heat is superior to most other crops, the predictions for climate change in sub-Saharan Africa suggest that there is a need for germplasm with even greater…
In West-Central Asia and North Africa, low productivity of barley and grass pea is caused by drought, heat, salinity, diseases, and insects. This project oversaw the introgression of valuable genes…
