About
About
The CGIAR Genebank Accelerator strengthens the global genebank system in conserving and making available a wide variety of plant genetic resources vital for the development of climate-adapted crops and resilient food systems. Go to About
- Who we are
- Annual Reports
Crops
Crops
Each CGIAR genebank has a mandate to conserve specific crops. Go to Crops
- Andean roots & tuber crops
- Banana
- Barley
- Beans
- Cassava
- Chickpea
- Cowpea
- Faba bean
- Finger millet
- Forages: grasses
- Forages: legumes
- Grasspea
- Groundnut
- Lentil
- Maize
- Pigeonpea
- Pearl millet
- Potato
- Rice
- Sorghum
- Sweetpotato
- Taro and other edible aroids
- Trees: Fruit & multipurposes
- Wheat
- Yam
Genebanks
Genebanks
The 11 CGIAR genebanks conserve over 700,000 accessions of cereals, grain legumes, forages, tree species, root and tuber crops, and bananas. Many of these accessions are crop wild relatives. Go to Genebanks
- AfricaRice
- Bioversity International
- CIAT
- CIMMYT
- CIP
- ICARDA
- ICRAF
- ICRISAT
- IITA
- ILRI
- IRRI
Resources
Resources
Information, links and documents relating to genebank management, phytosanitary health and genetic resources policy. Go to Resources

Genebank Documentation Audits

The Crop Trust’s QMS initiative, funded through the CGIAR Genebank Platform, is based on a common framework that includes in-depth technical assistance and exchanges, standardized templates and auditing.

Distribution audit

AfricaRice	Bioversity
CIAT	CIP
ICARDA	ICRAF
ICRISAT	IITA
ILRI	IRRI

Regeneration and Characterization

AfricaRice	CIAT
ICARDA	ICRAF
ICRISAT	ILRI
IRRI

Conservation

AfricaRice	Bioversity
CIAT	ICARDA
ICRAF	ICRISAT
IITA	ILRI
IRRI

Acquisition

AfricaRice	Bioversity
ICRAF	ICRISAT
IITA	IRRI

Safety Duplication

AfricaRice	Bioversity
CIAT	ICRAF
IITA	ILRI
IRRI

The Genebanks

The 11 CGIAR genebanks currently conserve 730,000 of cereals and grain legumes, forage crops, tree species, root and tuber crops, bananas and crop wild relatives.