East African Plant Genetic resources network
 IPGRI activities in SSA
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| The subregional synthesis report on East Africa, which was prepared for the GPA, identified many opportunities for regional collaboration. EAPGREN was established in November 1997, under the umbrella of ASARECA. IPGRI and a number of national plant genetic resources programmes have been working effectively towards the creation of such a network. Member states are Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda. It is funded by SIDA with IPGRI and Nordic Gene Bank scientific input. EAPGREN’s mission is to harness, conserve and promote greater use of plant genetic resources for food security, improved health and socioeconomic advancement of the rural communities. In June 2000 SIDA approved funding for start-up of network activities. Following this development, the network held its first Regional Steering Committee meeting in Entebbe, Uganda from 5 to 7 October 2000. In its first meeting the Committee developed workplans for 2001 and a programme of work for four years. Among the regional priority activities identified was the need for development of an information and documentation system that would enable harmonization and ease of exchange of plant genetic resources data and general information. The network’s activities will start in early 2001. |
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