Welcome to the Crop Wild Relatives Global Portal

The portal is currently being reviewed and extended. The new version will be available by end of 2009

This portal provides access to information and data resources important for the conservation and utilization of crop wild relatives (CWR). It was created within the UNEP-GEF supported project in situ conservation of crop wild relatives through enhanced information management and field application. The development of the portal is ongoing and new resources are being added as they become available.

Latest Images

Bosque seco chiquitano forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Walnut cluster Uzbekistan photo Annie lane.jpg

A selection of the latest images added to the CWR Image Archive. Please contact us if you want to contribute images of crop wild relatives.

Latest News Stories

(2009-04-28)
The promiscuous geographer ---- and interview with Andy Jarvis (2009-04-28)
Read here what Andy Jarvis said about CWR, when he was recently interviewed in Nairobi on the occasion of the first Africa Agriculture Geospatial Week: http://ictkm.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/the-promiscuous-geographeran-interview-with-andy-jarvis/
(2009-02-26)
Symposium on wild yams in Madagascar (2009-02-03)
The UNEP-GEF funded Crop Wild Relative Project, in collaboration with the University of Toliara and Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Madagascar, is organising a 3-day Symposium on Malagasy Yams which will largely focus on wild yams and involves a number of key international speakers. The Symposium is scheduled for May 2009. For more information contact: Dr Jeannot Ramelison, j.ramelison@freenet.mg

A total of 15 news stories have been registered View all News items.

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