Nibbles: INIA, WorldVeg, CIMMYT, NACGRAB, USDA, FSF, RSSSAF, Maxted

  1. New(ish) website for the Peruvian national genebank.
  2. WorldVeg genebank reaches out to Southeast Asia.
  3. CIMMYT genebank reaches out at COP15.
  4. Nigerian national genebank gets advice.
  5. USDA’s genebank at the University of Georgia makes it into the local paper.
  6. Shout-out for community seedbanks in Mexico, or Fondos de Semillas Familiares actually. National genebank unavailable for comment.
  7. All well and good, but genebanks need a Resilient Seed Systems Shared Action Framework.
  8. And, of course, they are complementary to in situ/on farm conservation. How exactly does that work? Let Dr Nigel Maxted tell you. For an hour.

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