News and Events
A new video on the Spanish National Strategy on Conservation and Utilization of Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Food Plants
The Ministry of Agriculture of Spain has produced a video to disseminate the design, approval and implementation of the National Strategy on Conservation and Utilization of Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Food Plants. Click here to watch it!
Second GA online meeting – October 2024
A second all day online GA meeting took place 22nd October 2024. We had dedicated sessions for each WP and Flagship crops including presentations and discussion between teams and planning future work and collaborations. A root phenotyping workshop was organised for...
Protecting genetic resources in Europe: the article of EU CAP NETWORK
Protection of agricultural genetic resources is essential to maintain biodiversity and enables species to adapt to climate and environmental changes. EU funds, particularly the CAP, can play an important role in supporting this goal (think of the Farm to Fork strategy...
BBC Landward filming highlighting R-evolve and Cousin science
At the end of May the Cousin partner James Hutton Institute highlighted two important barley projects for BBC Landward. The Institute invited Arlene Stuart to visit their barley fields and seed store to showcase their diverse barley germplasm collection.The James...
COUSIN presentation at kick-off meeting of the sister project PRO-WILD
From 4 to 6 September 2024 the sister project PRO-WILD will kick-off at the INRAE Centre of Crouel in Clermont-Ferrand (France). Christian Schöb will present COUSIN to the members of the PRO-WILD consortium to stimulate interactions and joint activities between the...
COUSIN at the 188th EAAE Seminar in Chania (Greece)
At the 188th EAAE Seminar in Chania (Greece) from 12 to 13th September 2024, chaired by our COUSIN member Kostadinos Mattas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), the use of biodiversity for sustainable food systems will be a central topic. We from COUSIN will...
Crop Wild Relatives – Origins. A video from the Royal botanical garden
Crop Wild Relatives are all over the world and are invaluable resource to be protected. In this video made by the Royal Botanical Garden you can learn more about the crop “cousins”!...
Dynaversity video scribing #9: Protected areas and crop wild relatives
During the Dynaversity project (http://dynaversity.eu/), a series of videos were produced to present some of the key concepts of low-input agriculture in 2 minutes. Among them, number 9 addresses the topic of Crop Wild Relatives and their importance as a source of...
“Crop Wild Relatives: The Value of Biodiversity for Food Security”
In May, in the heart of the Monfragüe Biosphere Reserve (Extremadura, Spain), the Aprisco Association organised the technical conference "Crop Wild Relatives: The Value of Biodiversity for Food Security" at the experimental farm of Las Corchuelas del Medio. The event...
COUSIN KICK-OFF MEETING
From 7th to 8th of February in Aranjuez (Spain) at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 25 universities, civil society organisations and companies are meeting for launching COUSIN, the new Horizon Europe dedicated to Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) utilization and conservation...
WP7 – Project Management
Project management Leader URJC, co-leader CERAT. With the contributions of all partners. We collaborate with our sister projects and the EC to to exploit synergies among multiple projects. Main objectives of WP7: Ensure effective and efficient coordination and...
WP6 – Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation & Training
Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation and Training Leader RSR, co-leader APRI. Other partners involved: UCP, ITAB, FB, and with the contributions of all partners. We communicate our activities and disseminate our findings to specifically targeted audiences and...
WP5 – Data Provisioning
High-quality data resources provisioning Leader IPK, co-leader URJC. Other partners involved: JHI, CYBI, FOAG, UNIL, UCP, WUR, BCROP, CSIC. We manage data according to FAIR principles and facilitate interoperability with existing databases for plant genetic resources....
WP4 – Breeding & Farming
Implementing CWRs in breeding and farming Leader BCROP, co-leader CSIC. Other partners involved: NOS, RSR, GZPK, JHI, UNICT, FIBL, ATK, WUR, ITAB, UVIC, CYBI AUTH, APRI, URJC, UPC. We use CWRs for the improvement of existing crops and test farming applications of...
WP3 – Characterisation
Trait characterisation of CWRs and pre-breeding germplasm Leader UCP, co-leader WUR. Other partners involved: URJC, CRAG, UVIC, UNICT, TAK, BCROP, CYBI, GZPK, CSIC, NOS, APRI, JHI, ATK, FIBL, RSR, IPK. We characterise CWRs for stakeholder demanded properties such as...