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Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands

CGN focuses on conservation and use of vegetable crops, farm animal breeds and autochthonous forest species.

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  • Conservating bio-cultural heritage

    CGN preserves the variation in crops, domestic animals and forest species in freezers, and encourages diversity in the fields and farmland.

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  • Kinship and inbreeding in the Dutch Fjord population analyzed
    17 February 2022
  • European genebanks assess each other to improve strategies and practices
    13 January 2022
  • Launch of the Genetic Resources Strategy for Europe
    13 December 2021
  • European collaboration on Plant Genetic Resources is missing opportunities
    26 November 2021
  • Video: CGN’s apple collection in the orchard
    02 November 2021

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