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Seeds In The Bank, Food On The Table: How Biodiversity Biobanks Feed South Africa
Seeds In The Bank, Food On The Table: How Biodiversity Biobanks Feed South Africa Ask most people where their dinner comes from and they'll say the shop, the market, or the farm down the road. ...
Meet The Member: Patrick Rakau – Better Food For Healthier Farms
Meet The Member: Patrick Rakau - Better Food For Healthier Farms “Research always matters - but demand-led research is the way to go. In other words, make sure your research is something that people really ...
Meet The Member: Vinolia Danki – Fixing Fungi For The Future
Meet The Member: Vinolia Danki - Fixing Fungi For The Future “Biobanks are much more than repositories for biological material. They are infrastructure that preserves scientific knowledge, supports research and ensures that biological resources remain ...
What are biodiversity biobanks?
Biodiversity biobanks are repositories of biologically relevant resources, including reproductive tissues such as seeds, eggs and sperm, other tissues including blood, DNA extracts, microbial cultures (active and dormant), and environmental samples containing biological communities….
