Networks
- EA-PGR
The Regional Network for Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources in East Asia (EA-PGR) was established in 1991. The members of EA-PGR include China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Mongolia.
Background
EA-PGR was established during the 1991 International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) Workshop on Underutilized Crop Genetic Resources of East Asia, held in Beijing, China. The framework of the network was formulated at its second meeting held in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China on 23-25 September 1994.
Bioversity International' Office for East Asia services as the Interim Secretariat of the network and maintains close contacts with the national coordinators identified by member countries. The Secretariat organized the network meeting every three years for reviewing progress, identifying new opportunities and developing the work plan for joint activities.
Goals, objectives and focus areas
The network's goals are to improve conservation and use of the region's plant genetic resources through information exchange and collaborative activities that are of common interest to member countries.
Its specific objectives are to:
- promote documentation and information management in the region,
- promote germplasm and information sharing among member countries,
- strengthen the national programmes by providing advice and training opportunities on managing plant genetic resources,
- coordinate research activities and avoid duplication of efforts in the region,
- implement a cooperative programme with common interests and
- improve conservation and use of plant genetic resources in the region.
The network's major focus areas are on:
- developing a shared information network system;
- assessing current status and identifying problems and constraints for each country and providing assistance in improving the national programmes;
- developing cooperative project proposals on plant genetic resources collecting, characterization and evaluation in the region;
- improving safe conservation by complementary approaches, such as on-farm conservation and in situ conservation; and
- organizing training on manpower for plant genetic resources research.
Members and representatives
Dr Wang Shumin
Deputy Director
Institute of Crop Science
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
12 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing 100081, China
Tel: 86-10-68918567
Fax: 86-10-68975212
E-mail: smwang(at)mail.caas.net.cn
Dr N. Altansukh
Vice President
Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Ulaanbaartar, Mongolia
Tel: +976-11-261638
Fax: +976-11-261993
Email: altansukh(at)mas.ac.mn
Dr Ju Yong Bong
Pyongyang Crop Genetic Resources Institute
Duryu Dong, Sadong District, Pyongyang
DPR Korea
Fax: 850-2-3812100
Dr Kim Tae-san
Director
Genetic Resources Division
National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB),
Rural Development Administration
225, seodundong, kweonsungu, Suwon, 441-707
Republic of Korea
Tel : 82-31-299-1801
Fax : 82-31-294-6029
E-mail: gmo0212(at)rda.go.kr
Dr Okuno, Kazutoshi (Interim)
Kazutoshi Okuno
Professor, Laboratory of Plant Genetics & Breeding Science
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1
Tsukuba, 305-8572 Japan
Tel:+81-29-853-4807
E-mail:okusan(at)sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp
Interim Secretariat
Bioversity International’s Office for East Asia
c/o CAAS, 12 Zhongguancun Nandajie
Beijing 100081, China
Tel: (8610) 62183744
Fax: (8610) 68975192
Email: bioversity-caas(at)cgiar.org
