National Coordination

PGR conservation for all cultivated species and their crop wild relatives (with the exception of forest trees) in France and its overseas territories.

A National Coordination body was set up in 2016 by the French Ministry of Agriculture. Its activities cover all cultivated species and their crop wild relatives in France, except forest trees for which there is already a Forest Genetic Resources Committee.

This new organisation is composed of two entities:

A cross-sectional CTPS committee for the conservation of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR)

A National Coordination Structure

Laitue - GEVES Brion
CRB Carotte - AgroCampus
Conservatoire Aquitaine
Hortensia - GEVES Brion
Citrus - INRAE
Hortensia - GEVES Brion
CRB Leg - INRAE

Missions

The missions of these two entities focus on four main areas of activity:

	PGR CTPS Section	National Coordination Structure
Official recognition of stakeholders and in situ, ex situ and “on-farm” PGR collections	Establish recognition criteria Stakeholder and collection recognition	Identify and support stakeholders
Threatened collections or “orphan” species	Define priorities among target species and validate conservation schemes	Identify threatened collections and orphan species Develop or create networks for stakeholders involved in PGR conservation, use and promotion.
Stakeholder support	Set up temporary support measures	Foster interactions between stakeholders involved in in situ and ex situ conservation Provide policy assistance
International relations	Assist with the implementation of international PGR agreements	Represent France at European level Promote France’s activities in PGR conservation at international level

National Coordination

Missions

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