Genebanks

Research activities: Future-proofing collections and exchange

This will be achieved through activities including pioneering approaches to seed quality management, mainstreaming cryopreservation, piloting new conservation and phytosanitary protocols and tools, strengthening capacity across CGIAR to comply with international access and benefit sharing and phytosanitary regulations, and contributing to the development of new or revised international policies and instruments.

Read about the Initiative’s other focus areas:

• Ensuring genetic diversity in perpetuity
• Supporting breeding programs through increasing value and use of collections
• Strengthening the global system