Finnish National Genetic Resources Programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery/Domestic animal sector

The Finland's National Plant Genetic Resources Programme is coordinated by Luke. It's tasks are defined in the Finland's National Genetic Resources programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (MMM 5/2020 in english), and they are carried out in this project. Tasks include: enhancing conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; selecting material for conservation and organizing their evaluation and safe preservation of the national long-term collections of vegetatively propagated plants; providing expertise in the national and international level tasks of conserning plant genetic resources; participating in the work of different international networks and working groups (NordGen, ECPGR, FAO); enhancing research, accessibility and general knowledge of plant genetic resources.