Date: 1979-1993
Who: Melaku Worede
Where: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
What: Melaku Worede was a conservationist and agronomist from Ethiopia. Dr. Worde helped preserve his country’s genetic diversity by collecting and safely storing a considerable amount of Ethiopia’s genetic wealth. In the process of storing this genetic diversity, Melaku Worede established not only Africa’s finest facility of its kind but one of the world’s premier genetic conservation systems
Learn more:Melaku Worede, crop genetics leader (1936–2023) (nature.com)
Worede, M., Tesemma, T., & Feyissa, R. (2000). Keeping diversity alive: an Ethiopian perspective. In Genes in the field: On-farm conservation of crop diversity. IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA.
Worede, M. (1991). An Ethiopian perspective on conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources. Plant genetic resources of Ethiopia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 3-19.
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