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Congo’s botanical treasures

Wild coffee collection. Photo: Axel Fassio/CIFOR
About the research
Yangambi hosts important ex-situ and in-situ botanic collections that help scientists study the genetic diversity of the Congo Basin’s flora. An important research program focuses on identifying new wild coffee species and supporting breeding experiments to develop more resistant crops.
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