Plant Genetic Resources Program:

The Sudan hosts a wide diversity of plants reflected by traditional and wild plant races of a myriad of important crops such as sorghum, sesame, okra and cucurbits.  It is even considered as the center of diversity of these plants.  Such diversity has become threatened by extinction due to a number of factors, the most important being the replacement of traditional varieties by improved ones, expansion in mechanized farming, climatic changes and natural disasters of drought, desertification and the like.  There have been growing concerns in many countries, international organizations and research institutions to harness the degeneration in the natural wealth of biodiversity through provision of circumstances conducive for its preservation and maintenance. 

This program aims at the protection, identification and preservation of Sudanese genetic diversity and facilitation of its use in genetic improvement program for the production of improved crop varieties that address the concerns of producers and consumers.

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