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Y. Barkoudah
The is
.the aegis of the
mandate is and use of plant
the benefit of 2nd in
ZN! of scientific and technical
the link of
with the Food and of tbe United Nations (FAO).
has put itself main objectives:
1: to assess and meet
links
the
3: To plant
To an
of
is its 11 of
is extending its'
Asia. Since is
The of to many of the
of the a
the of 23 O00 of which 7100
species endemic. The. of these species and the within each of them, as well
as exchanging them will
One of the outstanding of is the establishment of West Asia and This
13 of the The objectives of this
as the of the
(1) Establish a WANA F h t Genetic the type/mode of
effective and utilisation (3) Assist National institutions in developing national genetic
(4) the
as well as of each
use.
and management of the
of plant genetic in individual and in the
(a) Collection of plant genetic of cultivated plants. This includes
(b) (ex situ and situ collections) of plant genetic and
the
national databases. this helps in
(d) Gemplasm exchange between WANA as well as with and the safs aûvement of plmt genetic
scientific as well as devekpment.
(5) and institutional capacity building.
has
.
This includesas well as specialised individual On-the-job is of this
activity. Last a new initiative began to develop speciality in the
on plant genetic wiïï two
of the One will be stationed in and it will be in English language, the will be in language and it will be stationed
(6) the with genetic
(7) Genetic
The of
national and institutions.
The
Cereals Working Group: The of its (1) gaps in existing collections.
(2) Collecting is (3) Continue
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spots ( 5 )
Crops Working Group: The
(1) species amygdalus, armeniaca, Ficus carica, vera,
also
granatum and Olea eurupaea (domesticates and
Pasture and Forage Working Group: The
(1) and genetic
(2) Collect
(3) to be of:
(4) lists needed
sitrc Biodiversity Working Group
(l) in situ & ex situ.
(2) is in situ of
(3) aspects of in situ needed.
(4) to be held on the subject in 1996.
Food Working Group
(l) Genetic
faba bean: chickpeas, lentils, field beans, cowpea, lupin, pigeon pea. -
(2) collection to be developed & maintained.
(3) on plant of food legumes.
Crops Working Group:
(1) species Saccharum, Beta, Sesamum,
flax.
(2) genetic is needed to & utilise
(3) A database on is needed.
(4) Linkages to - e.g. Beta
The the of the also assists
the to develop the plant genetic the all possible means,
including of and identifying potential
This is as national of the
objectives of the them.
The phase of this phase the in the
national Committees to ten.
still in the adoption of the
Global of Action at the Genetic
that FAO in
A genetic
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the of held.
The meetings of the
a yeas to discuss and find
of Some of the
of
food are what is called
fig is evident that the focus is
The is a means of the
not a funding agency: it helps technically and aids in finding a funding agency. This is mostly done in co-
The WANANET. a database
This takes the of 1t is the
of the all
of
a of the communicates news of
WANANET,
of WANANET since its establishment in 1992 to the we can conclude the following pcjints:
(1)
Since io
the management of may be institutions besides the
' WANANET, because each institution has its the
to be so that it has an
ecomnic dinension, it into a kind of a these
it a a National Committee on
The 1992 and the signing of the Convention on
and the establishment of (GEF)
the
on by
at speed of
this of
facilities exist. One of the stumbling blocs of WANAFET is how to a speedy and efficient way. on the agenda of
find funding installing E-mail
facilitate easy and speedy communication.
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(3) OF WANANET
objectives as mentioned of plant
genetic the use of plant genetic
Genetic Genebanks.
This situation has a lot to do with the to has to
define its plant genetic the plant
both?
This is essential the of WANANET.
(4) OF
An essential of WANANET is situ of in the
of seed, tissue field genebanks. situ
as ex situ
WANANET needs to develop in this (5)
Genetic collected as szmples accessions. To make use of î.his plant
in in it is necessa-y to it and evaluate it
to needed by the case it is to
evaluate the of the This is e domain which WANANET
has to develop the benefit of its
1993. Diversity for Devdapment, the strategy of the international 1995. Diversity, Focus on West Asia and North Afn'ca.
1995. Arznwlproject reports.
