{"id":17166,"date":"2026-06-20T12:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iitas-genetic-resources-center-trains-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:02:09","slug":"iitas-genetic-resources-center-trains-partners","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iitas-genetic-resources-center-trains-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA\u2019s Genetic Resources Center trains partners"},"content":{"rendered":"Two training sessions aimed to upgrade the capacity of national agricultural research systems (NARS), Genebank technicians, students, and lecturers to do laboratory experiments have been concluded by IITA\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"Visit the Genetic Resources Center page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/genetic-resources-center\/\">Centre de ressources g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques<\/a>\u00a0in collaboration with the Capacity Development Office in Ibadan.\n<div id=\"attachment_1447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_GRC.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1447\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_GRC.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Abigael of GRC leading the hands-on training session.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1447\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abigael of GRC leading the hands-on training session.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe first training on Genebank Management for National Agricultural Research Systems in sub-Saharan Africa was held 26-30 September, and the second training on\u00a0<a title=\"Visit the In vitro culture page on the Universite de Liege website\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.ulg.ac.be\/cedevit\/english\/vitro_e.htm\">plant in vitro culture\/conservation<\/a>\u00a0was held on 3-7 October.\n\nAreas covered during the training on Genebank conservation and management systems included characterization and conservation of clonally propagated crops like cassava, yam, and banana,\u00a0<em>in vitro<\/em>\u00a0conservation, tissue culture, record keeping\/data management, access\/distribution of seeds, international and local policies that affect distribution of seeds, molecular characterizations, DNA fingerprinting, seed utilization, and networking among genebank systems in Africa.\n\n\u201cThe objective of the course was to develop the capacity and skills of participants in genebank management to enable them to manage their genebank systems effectively in their countries. It also aims at building the capacity of national agricultural research organizations on genebank management practices to ensure adequate seed conservation and distribution systems,\u201d said\u00a0<a title=\"Visit Michael Abberton profile page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/abberton-michael\/\">Michael Abberton<\/a>, who facilitated the training.\n\nDuring the training on plant in vitro culture\/conservation, participants learned the use of in vitro culture tools, mainly for conservation of clonally or vegetatively propagated crops, multiplication, and\u00a0<a title=\"Visit the Theories Behind Plant Tissue Culture page on Plant &amp; Soil Sciences eLibrary website\" href=\"http:\/\/passel.unl.edu\/pages\/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=956783940&amp;topicorder=4&amp;maxto=10\">somatic embryogenesis<\/a>.\n\n\u201cPart of our duties is to serve as a training and capacity development platform for the NARs in Africa, especially in areas that can help improveand reach the goal of having a more productive agricultural system,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Visit Badara Gueye profile page on the IITA website\" href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/gueye-badara\/\">Badara Gueye<\/a>, Plant Tissue Culture and Conservation Specialist, highlighted during the training.\n\nGueye also encouraged the participants to share the knowledge from the training with their counterparts back home.\u00a0 \u201cAfter this hands-on training, IITA will be very much glad to have you transfer your acquired knowledge to your respective laboratories and Universities in your countries. That is how we can promote knowledge in the localities that we cannot reach directly,\u201d Gueye said.\n\nThe participants, from Benin, C\u00f4te D\u2019Ivoire Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Togo, were issued certificates at the end of the training courses.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two training sessions aimed to upgrade the capacity of national agricultural research systems (NARS)<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17167,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[2141],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17166","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletin-no-2348genebankgenetic-resources-center","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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