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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Crop Wild Relatives Project

The Global Crop Diversity Trust is managing a "Crop Wild Relative project" in partnership with the Millennium Seed Bank of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, United Kingdom. The 10-year project is funded by the Norwegian Government and focuses on the wild relatives in the gene pools of 29 focal crops of importance to global food security, all included in Annex 1 of the Plant Treaty. Link
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherCrop Trust
Publication year2021
RegionsGlobal
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.croptrust.org/work/projects/crop-wild-relatives/#c5626
KeywordsCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Role of genebanks; Access and benefit-sharing
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