Crop and Forestry Networks

Buckwheat Lathyrus Safflower Sweet Potato Tropical fruits Forest Genetic Resources Coconut Banana and plantain

Buckwheat Buckwheat is an important crop in the APO region and widely grown in the world. Activities on buckwheat are promoted through partnership with national programmes in the region. China and Japan in East Asia, and Nepal and India in South Asia are mainly involved in the networking activities. Forest Genetic Resources Asia Pacific Forest Genetic Resources Programme (APFORGEN) is a programme to increase conservation and sustainable use of tropical forest genetic resources. IPGRI hosts APFORGEN secretariat together with Asia Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions (APAFRI).

Lathyrus Lathyrus is a grain-cum-fodder legume crop suited to marginal areas and is important in parts of South Asia and the Central and West Asia and the North Africa (CWANA) region. The Lathyrus Genetic Resources Network (LGRN) was initiated in 1993. The countries/organizations, namely, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, Ethiopia, China, Canada and the European Union are members of the Network. Safflower Safflower is a crop used for multi-purposes as oil, medicine and industrial material. Safflower Network is being developed by IPGRI in cooperation with International Safflower Germplasm Advisory Committee (ISGAC) to promote conservation and use of safflower germplasm throughout the world.

Sweet Potato  The Asian Network on Sweet Potato Genetic Resources (ANSWER) activities include field genebank management, characterisation, developing RAPD-system  for genotyping and duplicate identification, Complimentary conservation strategy are being considered. Tropical Fruits Rich diversity of native tropical fruit species and the value of these species in enhancing nutritional security, reducing poverty and protecting the environment has initiated several activities on conservation and use of diversity of priority species with funding support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) during 2000-2004.The Asian Fruit Genetic Resources Network (AFGRN) involving 10 Asian countries has also been established.

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