It is 30 years since IPGRI came into being, as the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, under the protective wing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. For all that time, regardless of the focus of its work, IPGRI has taken it as axiomatic that agricultural b...
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are a precious heritage of the people of West and Central Africa. The region is endowed with diversified agroecosystems in which crop diversity plays an integral role by contributing to the provision of food and ecosystem services. There is a growi...
Halewood, Michael
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Baidu-Forson, J.J.
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Clancy, E.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Bioversity International
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Conseil ouest et centre africain pour la recherche et le développement agricoles
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[Cooperating to make the best use of plant genetic resources in West and Central Africa: a regional imperative]
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Cooperating to make the best use of plant genetic resources in West and Central Africa: a regional imperative
Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Second Meeting, 16–18 December 2004, Strumica, Macedonia FYR Third meeting, 26–28 June 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Second Meeting, 16–18 December 2004, Strumica, Macedonia FYR Third meeting, 26–28 June 2007, Olomouc, Czech Republic
The Third Meeting of the ECPGR Vegetables Network was hosted by the University of Catania in Sicily, Italy, on 10-12 November 2009. About 60 representatives of the six ECPGR Vegetables Working Groups (WGs) gathered from 30 countries to discuss about cooperative action for vegetable genetic resour...
Maggioni, L.
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Daunay, M.C.
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Dooijeweert, W. van
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Astley, D.
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Bas, N.
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Branca, F.
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Díez Niclós, M.J.
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Geoffriau, E.
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Keller, J.
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Kotlińska, T.
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Smékalová, K.
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Treuren, R. van
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Vegetables Network: Third meeting, 10-12 November 2009, Catania, Italy]
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Report of a Vegetables Network: Third meeting, 10-12 November 2009, Catania, Italy
The Fourth Meeting of the ECPGR Working Group (WG) on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) was held on 29 September to 1 October 2009 in Kusadasi, Turkey, organized by the Aegean Agricultural Research Institute. The meeting was attended by 23 representatives from ECPGR member countries and 7 obse...
Barata, A.M.
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Asdal, A.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Fourth meeting, 29 September-1 October 2009, Kusadasi, Turkey]
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Report of a Working Group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Fourth meeting, 29 September-1 October 2009, Kusadasi, Turkey
The eighth meeting of the Prunus Working Group (WG) was held in Forlí, Italy, on 7 9 September 2010, organized by the Fruit Crop Research Unit of Forlí. The meeting was attended by participants from 22 countries. The status of the Prunus collections in Europe was reviewed, based on the answers to...
Maggioni, L.
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Lateur, M.
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Balsemin, E.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of a Working Group on Prunus: Eighth meeting, 7-9 September 2010, Forlì, Italy]
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Report of a Working Group on Prunus: Eighth meeting, 7-9 September 2010, Forlì, Italy
The twelfth meeting of the ECPGR Steering Committee (SC) was held in Bratislava, Slovakia, 14-16 December 2010 to discuss the report of the Independent External Review, which had been completed in July 2010. The main decisions of the meeting include: a consensus agreement on the wording of ECPGR’...
Bioversity International
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European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
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[Report of the Steering Committee: Twelfth meeting, 14-16 December 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia]
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Report of the Steering Committee: Twelfth meeting, 14-16 December 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia
Brief description of eight underutilized crops in rural Nepal that have become the focus of efforts to promote a healthier lifestyle and marketplace for farmers and locals in Nepal.
Sthapit, B.
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Zucker, J.
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Bennett, A.
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Bioversity International
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[Himalayan foods: healthy and nutritious crop varieties]
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Himalayan foods: healthy and nutritious crop varieties
The seventh meeting of the ECPGR Barley Working Group (WG), organized in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) of Cyprus, was held from 10 to 12 May 2011 in Nicosia, bringing together 24 members, 3 observers and the ECPGR Coordinator. The meeting covered a wide range of top...
Knüpffer, H.
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Maggioni, L.
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Jalli, M.
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Kolodinska Brantestam, A.
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Fasoula, D.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Barley: Seventh meeting, 10-12 May 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus]
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Report of a Working Group on Barley: Seventh meeting, 10-12 May 2011, Nicosia, Cyprus
The second meeting of the ECPGR Umbellifer Crops Working Group (WG) was held 26-28 June 2013 at St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The meeting, organized in collaboration with the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, brought together 15 participants from 11 countries. Reports were ...
Maggioni, L.
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Geoffriau, E.
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Allender, C.
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Lipman, E.
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Bioversity International
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[Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer crops: Second Meeting, 26–28 June 2013, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation]
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Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer crops: Second Meeting, 26–28 June 2013, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation