PRO-WILD

PRO-WILD: Protect and promote Crop Wild Relatives

PRO-WILD protects and promotes wild relatives of wheat, sugar beet, and oilseed rape, harnessing their valuable traits, such as heat tolerance and pest resistance. The project involves 19 partners from 11 countries and is co-funded by the EU, UK, and Switzerland.

PRO-WILD - Protect and promote Crop Wild Relatives

PRO-WILD

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are wild species related to cultivated crops, offering valuable traits like heat tolerance and pest resistance. Despite their potential, few CWR-derived varieties are widely cultivated.

PRO-WILD aims to protect and conserve CWR of wheat, sugar beet, and oilseed rape, both in their natural habitats and in gene banks. The project will also catalog beneficial traits, making them accessible to breeders and researchers.

PRO-WILD brings together 19 partners from 11 countries, combining expertise in various fields, and is co-funded by the European Union, UK Research and Innovation and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.

Our Role

HCC is in charge of the stakeholder’s engagement strategy, which involves stakeholders mapping and prioritization, various methods of approach and building strong relationships,
needs assessment and capacity-building seminars for partners.