Module 1

Copyright information:

Banner image:

Farmer working on filed near Hanoi, Vietnam
CGIAR / C. de Bode
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Stills:

Genebank of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Shawn Landersz
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED

CCAFS, CGIAR’s climate change research program in India
Copyright Jacquelyn Turner/CCAFS
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Palm tree with a date fruits
Envato Elements
Licence number UZHN6MA54S

Climbing beans in Rwanda
CIAT / Neil Palmer
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Janny van Beem in laboratory at genebank
Supplied bu Janny van Beem
Used with permission

Tanzanian farmer on drought tolerant maize demonstration plot
Anne Wangalachi / CIMMYT
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Links:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault virtual
https://seedvaultvirtualtour.com/
The Crop Trust: used with permission

Final viability tool
https://ser-sid.org/ viability/ final-viability
Society for Ecological Restoration, Seed Information Database

The Genebank Standards
https://www.fao.org/ 4/ i3704e/ i3704e.pdf
© FAO, 2013, 2014

Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation of orthodox seeds in seed genebanks.
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome.
https://openknowledge.fao.org/ items/ a123087a-2f3b-4a4b-a0d0-1ad3e53b85c4
FAO 2022.

Video 1: Two genebanks

Voiceover:

Hiral Varsani

Music:

Hopeful marimba & piano background
Pinkzebra/Envato Elements
License Code FBU2J9Z3X6

Video clips:

Aerial footage of IITA Ibadan
Copyright IITA. Used with permission.

Video 2: Overview of genebank operations

Voiceover:

Hiral Varsani

Music:

Documentary Background
99Instrumentals/Envato Elements
License code CG7JQERDSN

Gentle Marimba Documentary Interview Background
ElevateAudio/Envato Elements
License code P7WAU2TVBM

Inspiring Innovation
Adigold/Envato Elements
License code CZG6TL4BJA

Dancing Marimba Minimalism
MusicDog/Envato Elements
License code LCUPS9ZKMV

Marimba
GentleJammers/Envato Elements
License code A23KJPYENG

Hopeful Marimba & Piano Background
Pinkzebra/Envato Elements
Licence code FBU2J9Z3X6

Video 3: The FAO’s Genebank Standards

Music:

Inspiring Marimba
music2noise/Envato Elements
License code 4EFHRZ973W

Stills:

The Genebank Standards
https://www.fao.org/ 4/ i3704e/ i3704e.pdf
© FAO, 2013, 2014

Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation of orthodox seeds in seed genebanks.
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome.
https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/a123087a-2f3b-4a4b-a0d0-1ad3e53b85c4
FAO 2022.

Researchers collecting samples in field
Africa Rice
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Bottles holding seeds of various crops at the National Institute of Agricultural Research, Benin
L.M. Salazar / Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Samples of different varieties of rice
Africa Rice
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Staff at the National Plant Genetic Resources Centre (NPGRC) of the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) check sorghum growing in the NPGRC field genebank.
Neil Palmer for the Crop Trust.
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Sealed sachets of seeds form different countries
IRRI
CC-BY-NC 2.0

Scientist in IRRI lab
Filmed on location by Clear Focus Productions
© CGIAR

Seed germination at the National Genebank in Uganda
Paul Neate for the Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Group of scientists in lab
Supplied by Janny van Beem
Used with permission

QR code on plant
Africa Rice
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

QR code being printed
Filmed on location by Clear Focus Productions
© CGIAR

Printing barcodes at the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) in Ibadan – Nigeria’s national genebank.
Neil Palmer for the Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Wheat harvest at the El Batán experimental station
CIMMYT / Alfonso Cortés
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

ICARDA Terbol Station
Michael Major/Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Group of genebank workers gathered around whiteboard
Supplied by Janny van Beem
Used with permission

Seed being cleaned for CIMMYT's germplasm bank
CIMMYT
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Workers at CIMMYT's El Batán, Mexico headquarters, carefully sorting maize seed before it is bagged and packed for distribution to partners.
CIMMYT
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Technician at NACGRAB conducting tests to ensure seeds do not contain disease
Georgina Smith / Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Gloria Afolayan, Assistant Director of Research at NACGRAB, at the NACGRAB field genebank.
Georgina Smith / Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Test crops at the Ecuadorian national genebank's headquarters
L.M. Salazar/Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Sorghum collections at Nigeria’s national genebank
Neil Palmer for the Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The cold storage at the INIAP genebank
L.M. Salazar/Crop Trust
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Cassava and Bean Enthomology Laboratory
CIAT/Neil Palmer
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Genebank procedure
CIAT
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Africa Rice genebank
Africa Rice
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Wild rice at IRRI
Filmed on location by Clear Focus Productions
© CGIAR

Drying room at IRRI
Filmed on location by Clear Focus Productions
© CGIAR

Packing at IRRI
Filmed on location by Clear Focus Productions
© CGIAR

Dormancy breaking at IRRI
Filmed on location by Clear Focus Productions
© CGIAR

Seed characterization of Annona squamosa using the Marvin5 seed analyser
CIAT
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