Valuing genebanks

Smale, Mélinda; Jamora, Nelissa

doi:10.1007/s12571-020-01034-x

Cited by 27 publications

(22 citation statements)

References 42 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Recently, the CGIAR Genebank Platform and the Crop Trust supported the establishment of a Community of Practice on Genebank Impacts to revive the interest in applied economics research in this area. The work resulted in several papers which have made important contributions to earlier research on genebank valuation [ 50 ]. For example, Bernal-Galeano et al (2020) [ 51 ] estimated a gross benefit from the “Victoria” potato variety in Uganda at USD 1.04 billion dollars, which exceeds the annual operational cost of the CIP genebank several times over.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks

Halewood

Jamora²,

Noriega

et al. 2020

Plants

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The international collections of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) hosted by 11 CGIAR Centers are important components of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s global system of conservation and use of PGRFA. They also play an important supportive role in realizing Target 2.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper analyzes CGIAR genebanks’ trends in acquiring and distributing PGRFA over the last 35 years, with a particular focus on the last decade. The paper highlights a number of factors influencing the Centers’ acquisition of new PGRFA to include in the international collections, including increased capacity to analyze gaps in those collections and precisely target new collecting missions, availability of financial resources, and the state of international and national access and benefit-sharing laws and phytosanitary regulations. Factors contributing to Centers’ distributions of PGRFA included the extent of accession-level information, users’ capacity to identify the materials they want, and policies. The genebanks’ rates of both acquisition and distribution increased over the last decade. The paper ends on a cautionary note concerning the potential of unresolved tensions regarding access and benefit sharing and digital genomic sequence information to undermine international cooperation to conserve and use PGRFA.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks

Halewood

Jamora²,

Noriega

et al. 2020

Plants

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Our study contributes to the empirical literature on the valuation of genebanks, especially those based in Africa. Smale and Jamora (2020) reviewed earlier work on genebank valuation and assembled a set of current empirical studies that document some of the values associated with the international genebanks coordinated by the CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research). Two recent studies attempted to value international genebanks in Africa.…”

Section: Cabi Agriculture and Biosciencementioning

confidence: 99%

IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria

Kouakou¹,

Ogundapo

Smale

et al. 2022

CABI Agric Biosci

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background Cowpea or black-eyed pea (Vigna unguiculata L.) is one of the preferred food crops in Nigeria, as expressed in land area and production. The popularity of the crop is in part related to the successful development and adoption of improved cowpea varieties. Although the genebank of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has contributed to cowpea conservation and improvement efforts by breeding programs internationally and in Nigeria, few studies have attempted to link the genebank to the management of cowpea genetic resources (CGRs) on farms. This study explores the linkage between IITA’s genebank and cowpea variety diversity on farms and other measures of farmers’ welfare in Nigeria. Methods A multistage stratified sampling was used to select the sample households. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted to collect data from 1524 cowpea-producing households. In addition, “Helium”, a multi-platform pedigree visualization tool with phenotype display was used to gather information about improved cowpea breeding lines and their pedigrees. For data analysis, ecological indices of spatial diversity were employed, and a conditional recursive mixed-process model and a multinomial endogenous treatment effect model were developed. Results We found that growing an improved variety with genebank ancestry is not significantly associated with lower spatial diversity among cowpea varieties. While they may introduce new traits through ancestry, improved varieties do not displace other cowpea varieties or landraces. We also found that genebank ancestry is positively and significantly associated with cowpea yield and farmers’ welfare. Conclusions These findings show additional benefits from IITA’s genebank in Nigeria and that adoption of improved varieties with genebank ancestry does not contribute to the erosion of CGRs on smallholder farms in Nigeria. Policymakers and practitioners should consider these findings when analyzing the benefits of conserving crop genetic diversity in genebanks and on farms.

show abstract

“…Users of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) get the potential to use these capabilities to boost the efficiency and effectiveness of their efforts to preserve, explore and use novel qualities in PGR, as well as contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [126]. Target 2.5 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for the preservation of genetic diversity of seeds through well-managed seed and field gene banks at national and global scales as a critical step against world hunger [127].…”

Section: Status Of Germplasm Conservationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Germplasm Conservation: Instrumental in Agricultural Biodiversity-A Review

Priyanka¹,

Kumar²,

Dhaliwal³

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Germplasm is a valuable natural resource in plant diversity that is crucial for its potential use. It provides knowledge about a species genetic composition. Germplasm protection strategies are not just planting hope threatened with extinction, they preserve medicinal and other essential plants on which survival rests. The successful use of genetic plant resources necessitates diligent collection, storage, analysis, documentation, and germplasm exchange. Slow growth cultures, cryopreservation, pollen and DNA banks, botanic gardens, genetic reserves and farmer’s fields are few conservation techniques. However, usage of an in vitro procedure with any chance of genetic instability leads to the destruction of the entire substance. Improved understanding of basic regeneration biology would, in turn, undoubtedly increase the capacity to regenerate plants from in vitro harvested explants, thus expanding selection possibilities. Germplasm conservation seeks to conserve endangered and vulnerable plant species worldwide for future proliferation and development; it is also the bedrock of agricultural production.

show abstract

Valuing genebanks

Cited by 27 publications

References 42 publications

Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks

Germplasm Acquisition and Distribution by CGIAR Genebanks

IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria

Germplasm Conservation: Instrumental in Agricultural Biodiversity-A Review

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About