We have received news from various people working at the National Agriculture Genetic Resources Center of Nepal, the country’s national genebank, that the staff are all fine and the building suffered only minor damage.
Nepal is in many ways a pioneer in the development of community seedbanks, linked to participatory plant breeding, and the back-up, support and leadership provided by the national genebank is an integral and vital part of the joined-up system of crop diversity conservation that is emerging in that country.
Long may it continue to serve as an example to others.
So good to hear this news. If there is any way we can help please let us know.