45 YEARS OF COOPERATION IN EUROPE FOR DIVERSITY AND FOOD SECURITY!
In this 4 min video ‘Saving European plant and food diversity: together, we are stronger!’, Marc Lateur tells a story about apple diversity, with a happy ending (Marc Lateur is the ECPGR National coordinator from Belgium).
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EVA – The European Evaluation Network for Plant Genetic Resources
Established by ECPGR in 2019, EVA unites European PGRFA stakeholders to enhance knowledge of plant genetic diversity in genebanks and promote its use in breeding and research.
WATCH VIDEOStandardized metrics proposed to improve genebank performance and transparency
New study proposes a set of ten basic genebank metrics to enhance plant genetic resource conservation
New descriptor list developed for service tree (Sorbus domestica L.)
Published by Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic, the descriptor list offers a new tool for preserving and evaluating the service tree
Roadmap for EVA Perennials Network launched
Strengthening Europe’s fruit, nut and berry conservation and use
The Plant Genetic Resources Strategyfor Europe sets ambitious goals and actionable steps for conservation and use by 2030.
Read the policy brief: Plant genetic resources conservation and sustainable use – What should Europe urgently do?
Genetic Resources Journal
An open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research, methods, case studies, reviews and opinions on genetic resource use and conservation, supported by ECPGR and ERFP.
Submit your manuscript at: www.GenResJ.org
Crop wild relatives in EURISCO
The project is endowing the European region with a centralized, public and web-searchable inventory of passport data for in situ CWR priority populations.
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Our vision
The widest plant diversity is preserved for sustainable agriculture,
food security and quality
Our mission
European Network to promote conservation, management and sustainable use
of plant genetic diversity
PRO-GRACE: Promoting a Plant Genetic Resources Community for Europe
ECPGR is part of PRO-GRACE, a EU-funded project to develop the concept for a novel European Research Infrastructure dedicated to cataloguing, describing, safeguarding and enhancing European plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
ECPGR is leading WP5 (Research Infrastructure concept, social and regulatory aspects, governance and financial plan), which will define what the proposed Research Infrastructure (RI) will look like by providing a technical analysis of the current RI ecosystem, identifying its main stakeholders, promoters and users, and establishing its services, structure, governance and financial plan.
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