Extension of EURISCO for Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) in situ data and preparation of pilot countries’ data sets

Short title: CWR in EURISCO

 The project CWR data in EURISCO is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Activity Coordinator: ECPGR Secretariat

Project partners

Albania, Agricultural University of Tirana
Bulgaria, Institute for Plant Genetic Resource, Sadovo
Cyprus, Agricultural Research Institute, Lefkosia
Czech Republic, Crop Research Institute, Gene Bank, Prague, Czech Republic
Germany, Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV), Bonn; and Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben
Italy, Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse (IBBR-CNR), Bari; Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia; and Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood (CREA-FL), Trento
Lithuania, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius
The Netherlands, Centre for Genetic Resources (CGN), Wageningen
Portugal, Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal - Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (BPGV-INIAV), Braga
Spain, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid
United Kingdom, University of Birmingham

Timeframe

20 Dicember 2021 – 31 December 2023 
 

Highlights

Principles for the Inclusion of CWR Data in EURISCO

Prepared by Theo van Hintum and José Iriondo

Template for in situ CWR passport data in EURISCO

MS Excel template to be used by In Situ National Inventory Focal Points for upload to EURISCO of CWR population data, once EURISCO will be ready to receive these data (expected by Mid-2023).

Implementation

December 2022
Project partners met on 15 December in a session dedicated to CWR data in EURISCO during the ad hoc Crop Wild Relatives Working Group meeting, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. The agenda, list of participants, minutes and presentations can be found [here]

May 2022
The proposal setting the principles for the inclusion of CWR data in EURISCO, prepared by Theo van Hintum and José Iriondo, was agreed by the project partners and the EURISCO Advisory Committee. Download Principles for the Inclusion of CWR Data in EURISCO

February 2022
A draft proposal setting the ‘Principles for the Inclusion of CWR Data into EURISCO’ has been circulated among the project partners and the EURISCO Advisory Committee

December 2021
The project was approved by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. For more information read here