Scheme boosts African genomics for food security and conservation

Programme trained over 400 scientists in one year, created genome centre and central databank

More than 400 African biodiversity and agricultural scientists in genomics and bioinformatics have taken part in a training programme that launched last year.

The programme, called the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), aims to build capacity to generate, analyse and deploy genomics data for use in farming and conservation contexts.