BACKGROUNDTripartite Agreement • July 12th, 2023
Contract Type FiledJuly 12th, 2023The International Coconut Genebank for designated of South Asia and Middle East (ICG-SAME), is located at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Research Centre, Kidu, Karnataka, India. The tripartite agreement between GOI-FAO-IPGRI, for hosting the ICG-SA, was signed by the Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research on behalf of Government of India on 30.10.1998. ICG-SAME conserves about 49 designated germplasm, which are regenerated from Indian germplasm through controlled pollination. In addition, ICG-SAME conserves accessions from regional member countries viz., 10 accessions from Bangladesh and 4 accessions from Sri Lanka. Further, representative germplasm of the Indian Ocean Islands is also conserved, namely one accession from Reunion and four accessions each from Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros and Reunion.