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The office of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) to serve the regions of East and southern Africa was established in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1982. Its aim was to catalyze the establishment of national programs for crop genetic resources (CGR) in the region. Thus, in 1983 the Kenyan government sought for financial and technical assistance to establish a national conservation facility for genetic plant materials in the form of a genebank. The government of Germany agreed to fund and establish the operations of the genebank.
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Andama, M., Wandera, E.O. (2003). Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in Kenya. In: Virchow, D. (eds) Efficient Conservation Of Crop Genetic Diversity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05212-9_9
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