| Science for
better crops
Farmers in the developing world face agricultural
challenges far different from their counterparts in industrialized
countries. The destruction wreaked on their crops by drought,
pest and disease infestations, and low soil fertility is exacerbated
by their lack of resources, which puts irrigation, fertilizers,
and pesticides beyond their reach.
These production constraints often represent the difference
between healthy families and hungry families.
The Generation Challenge Programme aims to bridge that gap
by using advances in molecular biology and harnessing the
rich global stocks of crop genetic resources to create and
provide a new generation of plants that meet these farmers'
needs.
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Subprogramme
Genetic Diversity of Global Genetic Resources
At the core of the Challenge Programme
is the extensive characterization at the structural and functional
level of the vast genetic resources
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Comparative Genomics for Gene Discovery
The second Subprogramme of the Challenge
Programme focuses on the tools, technologies, and approaches
to achieve an understanding of gene systems
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Trait Capture for Crop Improvement
The ultimate development goal is to
provide new crop varieties that are selected and adopted by
the target communities and farmers in resource-limited regions
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Genetic Resources, Genomic, and Crop Information Systems
Clearly, the Challenge Programme will
involve the capture, storage, integration, analysis, and dynamic
dissemination
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Capacity Building
Capacity-building is a major goal of
this Challenge Programme, and it is appropriate to dedicate
considerable resources to capacity-building.
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Assessment Workshop
Needs Assessment Workshop QUESTIONNAIRE --
deadline MAY 12
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Challenge Programme
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Programme featured in Genome Technology magazine March 2004
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funding opportunity
NSF funding opportunity: Developing Country
Collaborations in Plant Genome Research
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