Environment body calls for Arab genetic plant bank

Three Arab environment councils joined together to call for the creation of an Arab central data bank of plant genetics.

The technical secretariat of the Arab environment ministers, the Arab Center for Studies on Arid Areas, the Arab Agricultural Development Organization and the International Center of Agronomic Research made the call at the end of a meeting over the weekend on struggle against desertification.

The technical secretariat of Arab environment ministers said it will hold in the next few years three colloquies on the rational management of water resources through the use of modern technology, the struggle against desert encroachment and the development of human resources.