Rome, Italy
June 26, 2008
 Dear
Colleagues,
Greetings from
the Global Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity
Building (GIPB) .
This is the
second issue of the electronic GIPB-Newsletter, that provides
information on recent contents added to the GIPB Knowledge
Resource Center, a Web gateway for news, information, tools and
resources relevant to building and improving plant breeding
capacity worldwide.
This week GIPB
has announced, in coordination with the Global Crop Diversity
Trust (The Trust) and the CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme
(GCP), its first call for proposals, designed to support efforts
to widen the genetic and adaptability base of improved cultivars
in developing countries.
The call from
the Trust focuses on phenotyping, the GCP call on genotyping and
the GIPB call on pre-breeding. Together, these coordinated and
complementary calls widen the scope for applicants, by offering
an all-round comprehensive programme.
Click here to know more details on the three calls.
We also
encourage you to visit and enjoy other features and contents
available in the GIPB Knowledge Resource Center. This Web
portal is evolving as a one stop platform for a wide array
of plant breeding information, tools and resources, such as:
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A
worldwide assessment of plant breeding capacity;
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Newly
published plant breeding and related literature;
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Opportunities in training and capacity building;
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Links to
plant breeding news in the world media;
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Announcements of important events related to plant breeding;
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Links to
organizations and networks that have direct connections with
plant breeding
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etc...
Click here to see these features and much more...
Enjoy your
visit and send your comments and suggestions to
gipb@fao.org.
Best wishes,
The GIPB team
GIPB Knowledge Resource Center:
http://km.fao.org/gipb/
Contact us: gipb@fao.org
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