The development of this Global Crop Conservation Strategy was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) as part of the 3-year project led by the Crop Trust: 'Breathing New Life into the Global Crop Conservation Strategies: Providing an Evidence Base for the Global System of Ex situ Conservation of Crop Diversity'. The initiative to prepare the Global strategy for the conservation and use of Vigna was led by the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), in association with a number of other participating institutes/genebanks. The Global Crop Diversity Trust (The Crop Trust) facilitated the development of this document. The Crop Trust also cooperated with the Secretariat of The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in the development of this document.

This publication aims to provide a framework for the efficient and effective ex situ conservation of globally important collections of Vigna crops and their wild relatives.