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The sub-project titled “Collection, characterization and conservation of Cassava, Peach trees and Indigenous Leafy Vegetables germplasm in Angola and Lesotho” led by the Plant Genetic Resources Section (National Genebank) of the Department of Agricultural Research (DAR), under the World Bank funded Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA) in collaboration with the Horticulture Section, National University of Lesotho (NUL) and Department of Forestry, has established a Field Genebank at Siloe High School in Mohale’s Hoek District in the Southern Part of Lesotho. The purpose of this establishment is to conserve genetic diversity which exists among locally adapted peach trees, thereby enhancing their utilization.

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