Crop Genebank Knowledge Base

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Crop Genebank Knowledge Base
An initiative of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic
Resources Programme, financed by the World Bank
and coordinated by Bioversity International

• Design team
• E. Dulloo, A. Jorge, G. Claessens, E. Goldberg,
  I. Thormann, E. Gacheru,S. Alemayehu and J. Hanson

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Outline

• Why was the CGKB developed?
• Compilation of content
• Creation of the website
• Training and self learning tool
• Overview of website
• How you can participate

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Why was the CGKB developed?

• Scattered protocols, manuals, guidelines,
  publications, etc.
• Not readily accessible (unpublished manuals)
• Past publications generic documents and not crop
  specific e.g. FAO/IPGRI Genebank standard,
  Bioversity Handbooks for genebank
• Harmonization of practicesamong genebanks

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Goal of CGKB

• To facilitate easy access to the knowledge and
  best practices for genebank management of
  selected crops for more efficient and effective
  conservation.

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Objectives

• Provide a user-friendly online access to
  procedures, standards and practices for managing
  clonally propagated and seed crops held in
  genebanks.
• Compile and adapt best practices in a learning
  platform.
• Provide links to other related information and
  training resources.
• Develop a mechanism to update and develop new
  best practices for the management of new crops in
  genebanks.
• Build capacity of genebank curators and
  technicians.

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Compilation of the content

• Choice of nine species - held in common
• Common template for compiling and preparing for
  best practices
• Compilation of best practices - led by CGIAR
  curators gathered and consulted with crop
  experts to prepare best practices
• Compiled all existing materials, guidelines,
  publications, training tools etc.
• Crop specific regeneration guidelines -supported
  by The Global Crop Diversity Trust

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Creation of the website

• Design of the website production of a banner
  following SGRP style
• Design team expertise on IT, genebank
  management, training and capacity building,
  working across 3 countries
• Free Joomla Content management system
• Work in progress!

http//cropgenebank.sgrp.cgiar.org/
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Training tool

• Use as training tool
• CGKB is designed to be a self learning tool on
  genebank management
• Training materials and aids

Website was tested and used at the International
Course on genebank management organized by Rural
Development Administration, Korea and Bioversity
International
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How you can participate

• Feedback mechanism through wiki and fora
• Expand to other crops Template is available for
  submitting practices
• Sharing of your materials with others through the
  CGKB
• Translation to other languages looking for
  sponsors
• Providing comments NOW

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Thank you

• http//cropgenebank.sgrp.cgiar.org/

An initiative of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic
Resources Programme, financed by the World Bank
and coordinated by Bioversity International and
involving a team of crop genetic resources
specialists.
Contact for further information Imke Thormann
i.thormann_at_cgiar.org