Seed and Gene Banks Play a Critical Role in Conserving and Sharing Indigenous Crop Seeds

On a trip to Harare for partnership exploration meetings, the African Centre for Biodiversity visited the Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Institute of Zimbabwe. Gene banks such as these are primarily established to conserve the genetic resources that form the basis for all food production. In this video, Seka Davidzo, a research technician at the gene bank, explains the process of collecting and storing the seed.