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Crop Conservation Activities Database

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Regeneration of Solanum lycopersicum, Cucurbits and Capsicum Collections, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica

This project facilitated the regeneration, characterization, and duplication of 600 accessions of squash, 200 accessions of chilli pepper, and 200 accessions of tomato.

Economic study on the contribution of local germplasm of Yam, Pearl Millet, Sorghum and Cowpea to the agriculture of Ghana, Nigeria and Mali

This project was an economic study. It produced a report, outlining the economic impact of the introduction of local yam, pearl millet, sorghum, and cowpea germplasm to the agriculture of Ghana,…

Consultation Meeting on Priorities and Plans for Increasing Access by Breeding Programmes to Diversity for Yam, Pearl Millet, Sorghum and Cowpea in Nigeria

The funding for this project supported a meeting between between Nigerian scientists and scientists from CGIAR Centres, the Global Crop Diversity Trust, and FAO-GIPB. The meeting sought to increase…

Regeneration and Safety Duplication of Priority Crop Collection for Maize

This project oversaw the regeneration of 85 accessions of maize. In doing so, it published information about vegetative and reproductive maize characters, encouraging farmers and researchers to use…

Evaluation of Nepalese barley and rice collections for stress tolerance genes using molecular markers

This project with Agriculture Botany Division (ABD), Nepal Agriculture Research Council (NARC) morphologically and physiologically characterized and evaluated rice and barley accessions selected from…

Safeguarding the genepool of cowpea, finger millet, and pearl millet in climate change prone areas of Malawi

This project collected and regenerated 50 wild accessions of cowpea, 9 wild accessions of finger millet, and 33 wild accessions of pearl millet in Malawi. Safety duplications were made and deposited…

Collection of finger millet, cowpea, and pearl millet species in Tanzania

This project collected and regenerated 57 wild accessions of cowpea, 25 wild accessions of finger millet, and 35 wild accessions of pearl millet in Tanzania. Safety duplications were made and…

Collection of wild vigna cowpea in Nigeria

This project collected and regenerated 18 wild accessions of v. unguiculata subspecies baoulensis and 243 wild accessions of v. unguiculata var spontanea in Nigeria. Safety duplications were made and…

Collection of wild relatives of sorghum, millets, and cowpea in Kenya

This project collected and regenerated a total of 16 wild accessions of pearl and finger millet in Kenya. Safety duplications were made and deposited in Svalbard.

Collection of wild species of Eleusine Gaertn. and Pennisetum A.Rich. in Uganda

This project collected and regenerated 248 wild accessions of pearl and finger millet in Uganda. Safety duplications were made and deposited in Svalbard.

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