On the morning of Thursday July 11th, 2024, the Rector of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Professor Felicien Avlessi, was visited by Dr Nora P. Castañeda-Álvarez, Scientific Project Coordinator at Crop Trust, accompanied by Dr Janny van Beem, Crop Trust Global Genebank Partnership Coordinator, Ms Juana Thimnu, Crop Trust Project Specialist and Professor Enoch Gbenato Achigan-Dako, Director of the Genetics, Biotechnology and Seed Science Unit (GBioS).
🎯The visit aimed to introduce the Vice-chancellor to the Crop Trust team, who had come to assess and observe the work in progress at CalaviGen (the University of Abomey-Calavi genebank), whose installation was facilitated by the UAC at the GBioS laboratory.
🎤”It’s better to see once than to hear many times”. With these words, Professor Félicien Avlessi, Rector of UAC, welcomed the team, underlining the importance of their visit to CalaviGen. Dr. Nora and her team Dr Janny Van Beem and Juana Thimnu also shared informations on possible future collaboration with the University of Abomey-Calavi.
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