Sitting within the World Vegetable Centre, the facility has been constructed to the tune of 1.2bn/- and will see seeds stored to preserve genetic diversity for the future.
Dr Rugalema, who was speaking on the sidelines of the 3rd Taiwan - Africa Vegetable Initiative five -day course on Germplasm conservation, quality management, and connecting genebanks to society, said the centre had received a clean bill of health to host the centre from Crop Trust, which is a global organisation that focuses solely on building and supporting a global system of genebanks for the conservation of crop diversity.
He said this will be a place where suitable conditions are maintained to conserve seed specimens of different plant species.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later. He observed that partnership with end-users of gene bank collections is key to enhancing sustainable utilisation and impact.