Rebuilding local seed system: Collection, conservation, and repatriation of native crop seeds in earthquake affected areas in Nepal
- Grant No
- GS15019
- Project Description
- The earthquakes that stuck central and western regions of Nepal in April and May of 2015 caused an estimated $80 million worth of damage to stored food grains and seed stocks. Approximately 60% of households' food and seed stocks were completely destroyed. This project facilitated the restrengthening of the local seed system capacity and household resilience in Nepal through rescue collection missions and the multiplication and repatriation of native and threatened germplasm in the ten most severely effected districts of the country. In addition, the national genebank improved its capacity to survey and fill diversity gaps and to back-up community seed bank collections.
- Institute Name
- Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Italy
- Institute Country
- Italy
- List of Countries
- Nepal
- Crops
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Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard Rice 0 0 0 0 0 Chilli 0 0 0 0 0 Coriander 0 0 0 0 0 Garlic 0 0 0 0 0 Onion 0 0 0 0 0 Cucumber 0 0 0 0 0 Pumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 Tomato 0 0 0 0 0 Turnip 0 0 0 0 0 Radish 0 0 0 0 0 Carrot 0 0 0 0 0 Brinjal 0 0 0 0 0 Bottle Gourd 0 0 0 0 0 Pointed Gourd 0 0 0 0 0 Maize 0 0 0 0 0 Mustard 0 0 0 0 0 Sesame 0 0 0 0 0 Sunflower 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 Barley 0 0 0 0 0 Buckwheat 0 0 0 0 0 Millet 0 0 0 0 0 Amaranth 0 0 0 0 0 Bean 0 0 0 0 0 Soybean 0 0 0 0 0 Black Gram 0 0 0 0 0 Horse Gram 0 0 0 0 0 Lentil 0 0 0 0 0 Cowpea 0 0 0 0 0 Pea 0 0 0 0 0 Rapeseed 0 0 0 0 0 Niger Seed Oil 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Others
- Donor
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Start Date
- 1st of August 2015
- End Date
- 31st of December 2016
- Status
- Completed