Knowledge base for genebank managers – and others – launched

Almost 1700 genebanks, holding millions of samples, now span the globe, according to the FAO’s recently released Second State of the World Report on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The people responsible for these samples – and anyone else interested in genebanks – can now visit a Crop Genebank Knowledge Base to access a vast collection of helpful information.

The website has been put together by the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme of the CGIAR, which is hosted by Bioversity International. The 11 genebanks of the CGIAR and national genebanks worldwide used their combined expertise to supply the contents of the site, which includes information about specific crops, best practices for genebank management and access to relevant publications and training materials.

Full details of all that the Crop Genebank Knowledge Base has to offer can be found on the SGRP website

For further information, please contact  Imke Thormann.