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12/14/2021 - Summary of the GenRes Bridge project event in Brussels and the official launch of the GRS4E and the three domain-specific strategies for plant, animal and forest genetic resources.

11/24/2021 - The Federal Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL) supports innovative projects that contribute to the development of sustainable and resource-saving measures and plant protection methods. Project ideas can be submitted until March 10,…

10/29/2021 - Within the framework of a funding program, projects that bring innovations to the preservation and improvement of sheep and goat husbandry are financially supported. Project outlines can be submitted to the BLE until December 15,…

10/15/2021 - The main objective is to provide the knowledge and tools to use genetic resources of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry, as well as pre-breeding material to create new breeding routes. The work is aimed at the creation of…

10/14/2021 - The BMEL hosted the National Congress on Breeding and Husbandry of Cattle and Pigs in Berlin on October 6 and 7, 2021.

10/11/2021 - 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…

09/27/2021 - 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”.

09/15/2021 - 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…

09/13/2021 - 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.

08/25/2021 - 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…