BSF project "Strengthening national capacities and regional integration for efficient conservation of plant genetic resources in a post-conflict region"

Most of the countries in the Fertile Crescent are experiencing significant unrest which is seriously affecting the livelhoods of rural communities, agricultural activities and local agrobiodiversity. The Fertile Crescent combines the centers of diversity, domestication and origin of crops and forages of global significance including barley, chickpea, faba bean, lentil and wheat. This Benefit-Sharing Fund project will support farmers to maintain and conserve agrobiodiversity by providing the necessary seeds, information, education and technology, in the countries of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. This project seeks as well the strengthening of research and development to accelerate the production of climate resilient crop varieties.