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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
http://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.