Latvian Genetic Resource Centre
Since 2006 Latvia has created a system for conservation and sustainable use of plant for food and agriculture, animal, forest and fish genetic resources.
The implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which Latvia ratified on the 7th of April, 2004, is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture.
In order to fulfill the commitments mandated by the treaty at national level the, Genetic Resource Centre at the Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava” has been established. The Genetic Resource Centre incorporates the Latvian Gene Bank of Cultivated Plants, the Database and the Genetic Analysis laboratory.
The implementation of the program is coordinated by the Council of Genetic Resources in the Ministry of Agriculture.