Ali Zakaria Babiker
Ali Zakaria Babiker is a prominent Sudanese agricultural researcher and the director of the National Gene Bank of Sudan and the Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Research and Conservation Center (APGRC). He gained international attention for leading a crucial operation to safeguard Sudan's genetic seed resources amidst the country's civil conflict. Following a devastating attack on the APGRC in December 2023, which resulted in the loss of vital seed collections, Babiker coordinated the successful transfer of nearly 1,884 seed samples to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, ensuring the preservation of Sudan's agricultural heritage.
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Ali Zakaria Babiker is the director of the Agricultural Genetic Resources Research and Conservation Center in Sudan, which was destroyed during the conflict.
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Ali Zakaria Babiker is the director of the National Germplasm Bank of Sudan and has been involved in the rescue of seeds from the civil war in Sudan.
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