Global Strategy for the Ex Situ Conservation of Potato - Global Crop ...
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7. Priorities proposed <strong>for</strong> support by <strong>the</strong> Trust<br />
The priorities described below have been selected in <strong>the</strong> Lima workshop. The consultant<br />
responsible <strong>for</strong> this draft potato genetic resources strategy explicitly agrees with this<br />
selection. The motives <strong>for</strong> this selection have been addressed below.<br />
In establishing priorities <strong>for</strong> a rational system qualifying <strong>for</strong> support by <strong>the</strong> Trust, it was<br />
assumed that support may be provided in <strong>the</strong> <strong>for</strong>m <strong>of</strong> ei<strong>the</strong>r support to collaborative projects<br />
<strong>of</strong> several genebanks, contributing to genebank functions <strong>of</strong> common interest, such as<br />
regeneration, rationalisation, database development, safety duplication and improved health<br />
status <strong>of</strong> collections; or, alternatively, support <strong>for</strong> capacity building and upgrading <strong>of</strong><br />
individual genebanks to correct apparent constraints regarding facilities, training and<br />
temporary actions to improvement <strong>of</strong> some genebank functions (see Table 2).<br />
7.1 Considerations used in <strong>the</strong> priority setting process.<br />
Main considerations in <strong>the</strong> selection <strong>of</strong> priorities were <strong>the</strong> needs to:<br />
! to optimise documentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> collections, in order to improve accessibility, and as a<br />
tool <strong>for</strong> management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> collections from a global perspective;<br />
! to create better storage conditions;<br />
! to improve <strong>the</strong> level <strong>of</strong> safety duplication;<br />
! to avoid loss <strong>of</strong> unique material;<br />
! to rationalise collections by reducing undesirable duplication, in particular <strong>of</strong> native<br />
cultivars;<br />
! to set standards <strong>for</strong> collection management; and<br />
! to create better conditions <strong>for</strong> use by clients.<br />
The above considerations were taken into account in discussing proposals <strong>for</strong> collaborative<br />
projects as well as <strong>for</strong> individual support to genebanks.<br />
7.2 Proposed priority actions and summary <strong>of</strong> pre-proposals.<br />
Collaborative actions<br />
The potato curators participating in <strong>the</strong> Lima workshop initially selected five actions from <strong>the</strong><br />
nine elements recognized as <strong>for</strong>ming part <strong>of</strong> a rational system (see 6.6). Pre-proposals <strong>for</strong><br />
consideration by <strong>the</strong> Trust were <strong>for</strong>mulated in parallel working groups and presented in a<br />
plenary session to all curators <strong>for</strong> discussion and final adoption.<br />
The five pre-proposals proposed <strong>for</strong> support by <strong>the</strong> Trust concern:<br />
1. <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> two comprehensive World <strong>Potato</strong> Genetic Resources Databases <strong>for</strong><br />
wild species and native cultivars respectively;<br />
2. <strong>the</strong> establishment <strong>of</strong> guidelines <strong>for</strong> effective management <strong>of</strong> potato genetic resources<br />
collections<br />
3. <strong>the</strong> rationalisation <strong>of</strong> native cultivars collections;<br />
4. <strong>the</strong> urgent regeneration <strong>of</strong> endangered accessions; and<br />
5. <strong>the</strong> health improvement <strong>of</strong> potato germplasm maintained in <strong>the</strong> collections.<br />
The five pre-proposals are presented in detail in Annex 7.<br />
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