The project purpose is that farmers, institutes, and local communities are provided with and use knowledge, methodologies, and policies to conserve in situ/on-farm horticultural crops and wild fruit species in Central Asia.
Key project objectives are to:
Provide options to policy-makers for strengthening legal and policy frameworks for conservation and use of fruit genetic resources;
Assess, document, and manage local varieties of horticultural crops and wild fruit species in a sustainable way;
Promote broad stakeholder participation, representative decision making, and strong partnerships among them;
Strengthen the capacity to implement all aspects of fruit species genetic diversity conservation at local, national and regional levels.