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The cultivation will result in more information about the various varieties, and more seeds for future research collaborations.
NordGen hosted a meeting with the Ukrainian genebank and several international experts to find a way forward for securing Ukraine’s plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, which are at risk due to the war. Focus of the meeting was...
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The granted collaborative projects for the sixth round of PPP-funding will generate important knowledge that will benefit Nordic agriculture.
Ukraine is often called the world’s breadbasket. Unfortunately, the Russian shelling of Kharkiv poses great risks not only for the people living there, but also for the national genebank’s seed collection – which is crucial for adapting the world’s food...
NordGen participated in the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture this week. The meeting took place at FAO's head quarter in Rome.
The presentations included topics as the impact of climate change on crop wild relatives and successful examples from plant breeders.
The project focuses on 4500 protein crops from the Nordic seed collection, such as peas, beans, lentils, and clover, that will be genotyped and phenotyped.
NordGen was attending the annual summer meeting of the Nordic ministers for forestry, agriculture, fisheries and food. Among other things, the ministers were informed about a new report on access and rights to genetic resources.
A wide diversity of landraces is important for Nordic agriculture to be able to adapt to future, yet unknown, challenges.
