The European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR), founded in 1980, is a collaborative Programme among most European countries, operating through Working Groups in which stakeholders in Europe aim to collaboratively, rationally and effectively conserve ex situ and in situ plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), provide access and increase sustainable use.
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- Fields: Research, Conservation
- Organisation Type: public
- Level: INTERNATIONAL
The European Search Catalogue for Plant Genetic Resources (EURISCO) provides information about more than 2 million accessions of crop plants and their wild relatives, preserved ex situ by approximately 400 collections....
The ECPGR European Evaluation Network (EVA) for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) is an international project aimed at increasing the use of crop genetic diversity and the diversity of stakeholders...
In this 4 min video ‘Saving European plant and food diversity: together, we are stronger!’, Marc Lateur tells a story about apples diversity, with a happy ending (Marc Lateur is the ECPGR National Coordinator from...
- Type: Multimedia
- Collections Conservation Crops Cultural heritage Ex situ Ex situ conservation Storytelling Belgium
This searchable knowledge base provides information about Private Public Partnership (PPP) examples in Europe with a focus on use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA). Additional examples of PPP...
A number of ECPGR Central Crop Databases have been established through the initiative of individual institutes and of ECPGR Working Groups. The databases hold passport data and, to varying degrees, characterization and...
- Type: Database
- Crops Germplasm Conservation
In situ landraces: best practice evidence-based database. A tool for promoting landrace conservation
This tool is for landrace maintainers or those considering the cultivation of landraces to diversify their crop production system. It provides access to evidence-based information on the benefits, opportunities and...
- Type: Database
- Landrace Added values Best practice In situ Conservation
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