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In September 2018, the CGIAR Genebank Platform Policy Module joined the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) to organize a capacity-building workshop on genetic resource...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Near East
Publication year: 2019
This program is focused on the development of appropriate technologies for countries which are extremely agrobiodiverse but have limited economic resources. Its function is to develop and transfer technology and provide the appropriate training for technical personnel from those Latin American countries...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2014
Crop wild relatives (CWR) offer novel genetic resources for crop improvement. To assist in the urgent need to collect and conserve CWR germplasm, this study advances the concept of an “evolutionary” approach. Central to this approach is the predictive use of spatial proxies of evolutionary processes...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
In this article, various Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT researchers working in laboratories, greenhouses, and experimental fields share their experiences in making sure that the collections of beans, cassava, bananas, and forages remain alive, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, in order...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
The idea of making an illustrated coconut germplasm catalogue as a printed book was first presented by R. Bourdeix in 1993 to the COGENT Steering Committee meeting held in Montpellier, France. Since 2000, the COGENT network, Bioversity and CIRAD have been collaborating to develop and publish this catalogue...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2010