Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a center of origin and domestication for globally important crops such as cassava, common bean, maize, and potato, all of which are key to food and nutrition security worldwide. Despite this strategic role, many national genebanks in the region face technical...
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| author | Carvajal‑Yepes, Monica Petroli, Cesar Correa, Miguel Breseghello, Flavio Salazar, E. Chassaigne Ricciulli, Alberto Antonio Reyes-Herrera, Paula Helena Guzman, Manuel Mendoza, Amalio Vidal, Rafael Condón, Federico De Almeida Silva, Natália Carolina Fernandez, Elizabeth Rodríguez, Leixys Solano, William Morales, Aura Jasmín Velasquez-Flores, B.L. Soto-Torres, Julian Robles, Ronald Ledesma Miramontes, Alejandro Aragon, Marco Castillo, D. Roa, C. Lopez Noriega, Isabel Wenzl, Peter Sansaloni, Carolina |
| author_browse | Aragon, Marco Breseghello, Flavio Carvajal‑Yepes, Monica Castillo, D. Chassaigne Ricciulli, Alberto Antonio Condón, Federico Correa, Miguel De Almeida Silva, Natália Carolina Fernandez, Elizabeth Guzman, Manuel Ledesma Miramontes, Alejandro Lopez Noriega, Isabel Mendoza, Amalio Morales, Aura Jasmín Petroli, Cesar Reyes-Herrera, Paula Helena Roa, C. Robles, Ronald Rodríguez, Leixys Salazar, E. Sansaloni, Carolina Solano, William Soto-Torres, Julian Velasquez-Flores, B.L. Vidal, Rafael Wenzl, Peter |
| author_facet | Carvajal‑Yepes, Monica Petroli, Cesar Correa, Miguel Breseghello, Flavio Salazar, E. Chassaigne Ricciulli, Alberto Antonio Reyes-Herrera, Paula Helena Guzman, Manuel Mendoza, Amalio Vidal, Rafael Condón, Federico De Almeida Silva, Natália Carolina Fernandez, Elizabeth Rodríguez, Leixys Solano, William Morales, Aura Jasmín Velasquez-Flores, B.L. Soto-Torres, Julian Robles, Ronald Ledesma Miramontes, Alejandro Aragon, Marco Castillo, D. Roa, C. Lopez Noriega, Isabel Wenzl, Peter Sansaloni, Carolina |
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| description | Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a center of origin and domestication for globally important crops such as cassava, common bean, maize, and potato, all of which are key to food and nutrition security worldwide. Despite this strategic role, many national genebanks in the region face technical, financial, and policy barriers that limit the use of genomic tools for characterization and conservation. These genebanks safeguard the genetic diversity needed to enhance crop yields, climate-change resilience, nutritional quality, and pest and disease resistance. In 2022, CGIAR Centers and partners established the "Community of Practice (CoP) of national genebanks in LAC" to strengthen regional capacity for generating and interpreting digital sequence information (DSI), facilitate collaboration, and promote sustainable management of plant genetic resources. Through coordinated capacity-building activities, joint crop-based analyses, and shared learning, the CoP has connected 17 institutions across 13 countries. Members have begun generating and interpreting DSI for common bean, maize, and potato, while addressing gaps in data sharing, interoperability, and policy frameworks. Looking ahead, the CoP seeks to conduct diversity analysis, establish regional core collections, integrate existing global data portals, and advocate for policy alignment to sustain genomic characterization and access to diversity. This CoP initiative provides a model applicable in other regions to strengthen genebank operations through collaborative innovation and coordinated action, contributing to resilient and equitable global food systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1804232026-01-23T02:10:38Z Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean Carvajal‑Yepes, Monica Petroli, Cesar Correa, Miguel Breseghello, Flavio Salazar, E. Chassaigne Ricciulli, Alberto Antonio Reyes-Herrera, Paula Helena Guzman, Manuel Mendoza, Amalio Vidal, Rafael Condón, Federico De Almeida Silva, Natália Carolina Fernandez, Elizabeth Rodríguez, Leixys Solano, William Morales, Aura Jasmín Velasquez-Flores, B.L. Soto-Torres, Julian Robles, Ronald Ledesma Miramontes, Alejandro Aragon, Marco Castillo, D. Roa, C. Lopez Noriega, Isabel Wenzl, Peter Sansaloni, Carolina crops diversification digital sequence information plant genetic resources food security gene banks Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a center of origin and domestication for globally important crops such as cassava, common bean, maize, and potato, all of which are key to food and nutrition security worldwide. Despite this strategic role, many national genebanks in the region face technical, financial, and policy barriers that limit the use of genomic tools for characterization and conservation. These genebanks safeguard the genetic diversity needed to enhance crop yields, climate-change resilience, nutritional quality, and pest and disease resistance. In 2022, CGIAR Centers and partners established the "Community of Practice (CoP) of national genebanks in LAC" to strengthen regional capacity for generating and interpreting digital sequence information (DSI), facilitate collaboration, and promote sustainable management of plant genetic resources. Through coordinated capacity-building activities, joint crop-based analyses, and shared learning, the CoP has connected 17 institutions across 13 countries. Members have begun generating and interpreting DSI for common bean, maize, and potato, while addressing gaps in data sharing, interoperability, and policy frameworks. Looking ahead, the CoP seeks to conduct diversity analysis, establish regional core collections, integrate existing global data portals, and advocate for policy alignment to sustain genomic characterization and access to diversity. This CoP initiative provides a model applicable in other regions to strengthen genebank operations through collaborative innovation and coordinated action, contributing to resilient and equitable global food systems. 2026-03 2026-01-22T14:27:57Z 2026-01-22T14:27:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180423 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Carvajal-Yepes, M., Petroli, C., Correa, M., Breseghello, F., Tapia, G., Salazar, E., Chassaigne, A., Ferreyra, M., Reyes-Herrera, P., Guzmán, M., Mendoza, A., Vidal, R., Condón, F., De Almeida, N., Fernandez, E., Rodríguez, L., Solano, W., Morales, A., Velásquez-Flores, B., . . . Sansaloni, C. (2025). Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. Global Food Security, 48, 100899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100899 |
| spellingShingle | crops diversification digital sequence information plant genetic resources food security gene banks Carvajal‑Yepes, Monica Petroli, Cesar Correa, Miguel Breseghello, Flavio Salazar, E. Chassaigne Ricciulli, Alberto Antonio Reyes-Herrera, Paula Helena Guzman, Manuel Mendoza, Amalio Vidal, Rafael Condón, Federico De Almeida Silva, Natália Carolina Fernandez, Elizabeth Rodríguez, Leixys Solano, William Morales, Aura Jasmín Velasquez-Flores, B.L. Soto-Torres, Julian Robles, Ronald Ledesma Miramontes, Alejandro Aragon, Marco Castillo, D. Roa, C. Lopez Noriega, Isabel Wenzl, Peter Sansaloni, Carolina Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title | Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full | Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_fullStr | Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_short | Strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_sort | strengthening national genebanks through genomics and regional collaboration lessons from latin america and the caribbean |
| topic | crops diversification digital sequence information plant genetic resources food security gene banks |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180423 |
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