TÀI NGUYÊN THỰC VẬT VIỆT NAM: THÀNH TỰU VÀ KẾ HOẠCH BẢO TỒN VÌ MỤC TIÊU PHÁT TRIỂN NÔNG NGHIỆP BÊN VỮNG VÀ AN NINH LƯƠNG THỰC

Plant Genetic Resources is considered as valuable property of nation. Therefore, the mission on sustainable management and utilization of these resoreses is necessary and in urgent priority. It plays a vital and strategic role in socio-economical development of Vietnam. It is also an important factor for national strategy toward food security, environmental protection from global climate change in recent years, maintenance of cultural value summarized in landraces, basic materials for agricultural and rural development, After 20 years of development, Plant Resources Centre has successfully maintained more than 18518 accessions of 83 cereal crop species (orthodox) in seed genebank, 2262 accessions of 32 propagated species in field genebank and some taro collections in in-vitro genebank which difficultly conserved in the field. And, a national network of plant genetic resources conservation, including 22 members, have been developed. Unser this netword, around 7537 accessions of 250 crop species have been preserved safely in the form of experiment and botanical gardens. The international cooperation activities on plant resources conservation field have been established and developed at national and regional levels.