MGU - Useful Plants Project

Project MGU-the Useful Plants Project (UPP) aims to increase the capacity of local communities to store and propagate plant species that are most useful to their wellbeing.

UPP- Tsetseng store

Botswana - the Useful Plants Project

The Useful Plants Project in Botswana aims to help conserve plant species that are most beneficial to the wellbeing of local people.


UPP-Ethnobotanical surveys

Kenya - the Useful Plants Project

In Kenya, the Useful Plants Project aims to enhance the ex-situ conservation of plants that are beneficial to human wellbeing. Ex-situ conservation involves conserving seeds outside their native habitat and helps to protect plant life for our future.


UPP-IER team

Mali - the Useful Plants Project

The Useful Plants Project in Mali aims to improve the welfare of rural communities through the use and sustainable management of selected plant species and biodiversity conservation.


Working in Mexico

Mexico - the Useful Plants Project

The Useful Plants Project in Mexico is addressing both long and short term conservation measures for plant species from the village of San Rafael Coxcatlán.


UPP- South Africa

Republic of South Africa - the Useful Plants Project

The aim of the Useful Plants Project in the Republic of South Africa is to enhance the ex-situ conservation of plants that are beneficial to human wellbeing.


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