Genebank details

AGROSAVIA — the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research — serves as the custodian of Colombia's national repository of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Formally established in 1994, it builds on earlier national collections and today conserves more than 22,000 accessions of important crops for food and agriculture

One of its most distinctive features is its distributed conservation network across Colombia: seed collections are maintained at La Selva and Tibaitatá, in vitro collections at Tibaitatá, and field collections across nine AGROSAVIA research centers: Caribia, Turipaná, La Selva, Palmira, El Mira, Nataima, Tibaitatá, La Libertad, and La Suiza. This multi-site structure helps safeguard diverse crops under different conservation systems while supporting their characterization, documentation, and use in research, breeding, food security, and agricultural resilience. Further information is available at https://www.agrosavia.co/nosotros/bancos-de-germoplasma.