Participating countries

Vietnam (Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Resources Center and Field Crops Research Institute)

Situated in the Indochina Peninsula with diverse plant genetic resources, and having a diverse cultivation environment that extends in long and narrow territory from north to south, Vietnam is a reservoir of plant genetic resources.

Field evaluation of cucumber genetic resources in PRC, Vietnam Investigation of genetic resources at the market

Laos (Laos National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute)

Laos is located in the center of the Indochina Peninsula and shares borders with China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Laos shares highly diverse genetic resources with these countries, especially rice, millets and vegetables.

Long Term Storage Cultivating crops for the characterization and evaluation

Cambodia (Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute)

Cambodia has typical tropical monsoon climate with prolonged hot dry season. Altitude of most of the land area is below 100 m with savanna forest vegetation. Hence indigenous crops and naturally growing crop wild relatives are expected to have traits resistant against biotic and abiotic stresses.

Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute Vegetables sold at the local market in Cambodia

Main target plant genetic resources

JFY2015
Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Resources Center and Field Crops Research Institute Squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes, amaranths
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR Eggplants, rice, sorghum
Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute Chili peppers, melons, other cucurbitaceae crops
Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Department of Agricultural Research Brassica species
National Agriculture Genetic Resources Center, Nepal Agricultural Research Council Chili peppers, amaranths, cucumbers