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PGR in Germany - yesterday and today- Publication published in international journal

- An article in the journal Plants describes the historical development and the current conservation structure for plant genetic resources in Germany. The structures that have grown over time could also be established in other…

18th Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources starts today.

- The agenda of this meeting includes policy responses to both, the “State of the World Report on Aquatic Genetic Resources” and the “State of the World Report on biodiversity for Food and Agriculture”.

Genetic reserves in the new "nature and landscape"

- The new special issue of the journal Natur und Landschaft is about recording and protecting plant diversity. The conservation of crop wildrelatives in genetic reserves is presented as a positive example of the overlapping…

Visit to the German Gene Bank for Farm Animals

- The IBV, BMEL and FLI, where the German Gene Bank for Farm Animals is physically located, work together in the interest of conserving animal genetic resources.

Dual-purpose chickens: An opportunity for native poultry breeds

- Dual-purpose chickens are currently attracting an increasing amount of interest in poultry farming. The background to this is the German government's decree prohibiting the killing of hatched day-old chicks in the future. Native…