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Originally Posted by venturabananas
Was any attempt made to bring some of the varieties back for propagation?
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The job was to evaluate some collections that have already been set up and identify which varieties are in most need on conservation. From there, the selected varieties will be put in vitro in Fiji for conservation and propagation for farmers in the Solomans.
It would have been too difficult to try to import any suckers, especially since I only found out I was going about 1 week beforehand. Perhaps at some point they will end up in the international genebank in Belgium, but I don't know when.
There are some unique varieties for sure, but many of them are also the same as in Papua New Guinea and there has been some relatively large collecting missions already done there, so not everything is totally unknown.