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Conserve Seeds from Arid and Semi-Arid areas of Tunisia

 

Key Facts

FUNDING SCHEME ICON
FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
VALUE ICON
VALUE
£105,594
WHERE ICON
WHERE
Tunisia

Summary

To conserve ethnobotanical information and seeds from medicinal plants and assess their economic potential.
 
Status Completed_noFR
Reference 60-58
Round 5
Start 01/04/1997
End 31/12/2001
Project Leader
Professor Monique Simmonds
Lead Organisation
RBG Kew - Jodrell
Project Partners
Industries Pharmaceutiques de Tunisia, Ecole Superieure d'Agriculture, Institut des Regions Arides, University of Tunis
Website
www.kew.org
Regions
North Africa
Countries
Tunisia
Project Outputs
training in databases, horticulture, phytochemistry & seed collection; training guides on seed collection and ethnobotany; scientific papers; 3 PhDs; seed collection and herbarium samples; ethnobotany database; Darwin Section in Botanical Garden of Monastir.